Episode 548: Michael O'Loughlin - Northern Ireland's first successful Encrochat case

He’s the highest Kinahan Cartel target that Ireland has successfully convicted. Sean McGovern who is Daniel Kinahan’s right hand man extradited from Dubai now faces a likely 20 year sentence before the Special Criminal Court. Who is McGovern and where did he emerge from? How did this unlikely looking criminal rise from street dealer to the highest ranks of the Kinahan Cartel. Nicola talks with Robin Schiller and Niall Donald about the life and crimes of Sean McGovern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The father of murdered John George suspect Michael Maly has insisted that his son feared for his life from an ‘Irish mafia’ before he was shot dead on the Costa Blanca in recent weeks. Maly, he says, was giving evidence to police and magistrates against George’s alleged killers who stabbed him in the legs and then shot him before Christmas 2024. Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the latest developments in the case.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the peak of the Drogheda gangland feud in January 2020, the public scrambled to understand why body parts had been left dumped in a sports bag in north Dublin.  The depraved attempt to use the body parts of a murdered teenager to send a gangland message was a deeply disturbing. And how did Keane Mulready-Woods become embroiled in a criminal network at such a young age? This is the first part of our subscriber exclusive series on the gruesome and grotesque killing of Keane Mulready-Woods available now on crimeworld.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The killing of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, whose body was dismembered and dumped as a message to rivals of gangland psycho Robbie Lawlor, was a seismic event in modern organised crime. It followed the fracturing of a major drug gang where a younger mob took on the older order for control of the drug trade in the town of Drogheda. The feud, which bubbled for months, eventually turned into all out war where the rule of law almost broke own completely. Killing Keane is a new five-part subscriber only podcast special for crimeworld.com. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitte about the new series and stay tuned for a free episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kinahan underboss Sean McGovern has pleaded guilty today to two charges of directing a criminal organisation - one relating to the murder of Noel 'Duck Egg' Kirwan and a second surrounding a plot to kill James 'Mago' Gately. McGovern who is Daniel Kinahan’s right hand man faces up to life in prison but his guilty plea will no doubt be taken as mitigation around his sentencing. Nicola talks to Eimear Rabbitt about McGovern's plea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.