Episode 555: Murder at Lordship - Inside the Hunt for a Detective's Killer
30 April - 56 minsIn January 2013 Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was murdered as he carried out a routine cash escort duty at the Lordship Credit Union in Dundalk in Louth.
Now tens years on journalist Robin Schiller and an officer who was one of the vast investigation team on the case, former Detective Inspector Pat Marry, have joined forces to tell the story of the hunt for Adrians killers.
Nicola speaks with Robin and Pat about their new book Murder at Lordship. Inside the Hunt for A Detective’s Killer which is available now.
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Episode 574: OAP goes to prison for false personal injury claims including slip on cabbage leaf
74 year old Winnie Lawrence pocketed more than €20,000 after making false personal injury claims but now she has gone to jail for her crimes. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about an investigation into an accident prone gran who slipped on a cabbage leaf and a wider gang who made more than 40 bogus claims defrauding insurance companies with a series of tumbles, crashes and falls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21 mins
21 May Finished
Episode 573: Daniel Kinahan's wife Caoimhe Robinson and her links to the Cartel's money laundering operation
Gangsters moll Caoimhe Robinson has become the face of Kinahan money laundering after a massive investigation uncovered her role buying and selling properties in Dubai. The widow of murdered drug dealer Michael ‘Micka’ Kelly who went on to marry Daniel Kinahan at a plush ceremony in Dubai in 2017 has become the face of a new high profile International Consortium of Investigative Journalists probe into Kinahan Cartel properties, sanctions and lifestyle in the Emirates. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Robinson and her husband’s deadly drug cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
28 mins
20 May Finished
Episode 572: Europe’s most dangerous criminal gangs
Europe is in the grip of 821 serious organised crime groups with 25,000 members who between them carve up the most dangerous drug dealing, people trafficking and fraud operations on the continent. A new Europol report delves into the make up of the groups and the threat they pose to society through corruption, violence and money laundering. Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon and Niall Donald about Europe and its gangs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
54 mins
17 May Finished
Episode 571: Criminal Dean Thornton releases rap song about Drogheda feud
A Drogheda feud member, convicted of a brutal abduction and torture, has launched his rap career with a highly produced music video about crime and carnage on the streets of his home town. Criminal Dean Thornton is hoping to find fame with his song about feuding, guns and gangster culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 mins
16 May Finished
Episode 570: Was gangland gun victim Josh Itseli killed by accident?
Gangland gun victim Josh Itseli may have been killed by accident when members of his own gang rented a high powered weapon to threaten rivals. Gardai believe that the 20 year old may have been shot after the car in which he was travelling in was rammed and the semi automatic AR15 fired. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the killing and the crack cocaine epidemic fuelling rivalry’s between young men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18 mins
15 May Finished
Episode 569: Dublin's new portal to New York stirs up chaos
A portal on Dublin’s Talbot Street linked to a Snazzy Manhattan district, secrets of Las Vegas staying in Sin City and a particularly Irish sense of humour that turned the US off. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about Dublin and a chance of stardom.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 mins
14 May Finished