Episode 594: Inside the home of Jonathan Dowdall

A man who stabbed his girlfriend 50 times, and the brothers of Joseph Puska who have been convicted of withholding information as Gardaí investigated the murder of schoolteacher Aisling Murphy are under protection in prison. Marek and Lubomir Puska Jnr were moved to a different wing after one of them was attacked by five inmates, while Josh O’Brien, who savagely attacked his former girlfriend Niamh Kelly, requested protection upon arrival at Mountjoy Jail. Today, Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitt about the Puskas and their future in the Irish prison system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie will be sentenced tomorrow in a Boston courtroom after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman during a night out for St Patrick’s Day Celebrations. But already his lawyer Daniel Reilly has said that his conviction is a miscarriage of justice and an appeal will be lodged. Crosbie has insisted he never touched the victim but she told the court that he raped her in a hotel room after she’d had consensual sex with his firefighter pal Liam O’Brien. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitt about the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A father and daughter who claim Ruth Lawrence admitted that she had shot one of two drug debt collectors who were murdered in Cavan in April 2014 have been given evidence at her trial. Stacey and Jason Symes have been telling the double murder trial about events before and after Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor were shot dead and their bodies discovered dumped on an island. Ruth Lawrence denies murder and Eamon Dillon is covering the trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two men found guilty of the murder of Northern Ireland drug kingpin Malcolm McKeown in 2019 will serve more than 50 years in prison. But were killers Jake O’Brien, from Lurgan, and Andrew Martin, from Banbridge, calculated assassins or disposable lackies working for the notorious a notorious organised crime group with firm links to Mr Big? Nicola and Niall speak with Steven Moore about McKeown, his murder, and the rise of 'The Firm'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was a promising footballer who represented Ireland at underage level but now Jamie Geoghegan has been named as one of the leading drug dealers in west Dublin, with links to the notorious mob known as 'The Family'. Eamon Dillon tells us about Geoghegan and the band of young dealers, some as young as 15 that he controls. He also describes the details from the Criminal Assets Bureau case against him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.