Episode 596: The tragic death of Jasmin Duddy
13 June 2024 - 1 hour 14 minsA heartbroken mum is taking her fight for tougher prison sentences for drug dealers to the government.
Pauline Duddy’s 21-year-old daughter Jasmine died from a suspected drug overdose despite getting clean time and again.
Since her death, her mum has dedicated her life to campaigning for more jail time for the dealers who she says “are murdering our young people”.
The Derry woman speaks to me and journalist Ciaran O’Neill about the life and death of her beloved daughter who slipped away to addiction before her eyes.
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Episode 1339: CAB link Irish fraudster to Kerry Sinaloa Cartel boss Morris O'Shea Salazar
An innocuous house in Youghal leads the Criminal Assets Bureau into a tangled web of romance fraud, criminality, and links to the Sinaloa Cartel. Today, Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the Kerry man linked to the European head of Mexico's biggest cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 mins
8 January Finished
Episode 1338: Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall gets full release date from prison
Scissor sister Charlotte Mulhall is due to get a release date this year when she finally finishes a life sentenced for murdering her mother’s partner and dismembering his body. So, what lies in store for Ireland’s most famous prisoner and how has she finished a life sentence aged just 39? Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Mulhall and her time behind bars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12 mins
8 January Finished
Episode 1337: Criminal who battered Devon Hennessy is behind knife-point hostage situation in jail
A brutal hostage scenario in an Irish prison is averted when skilled prison officers stand down the threat. Nicola talks with Crime World's Patrick O’Connell about the incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 mins
7 January Finished
Episode 1336: 'Fat' Andy Connors' widow and her glamorous graveside photoshoot
The widow of gangland banker ‘Fat’ Andy Connors has posed at his lavish grave on the anniversary of his murder. Ann Connors has faced trouble with the Criminal Assets Bureau, claimed false PUP payments during Covid and once turned her home into an illegal rental site to make ends meet. But posing in a fur coat beside the grave that remembers the leader of a home robbery gang as 'Big Fat Rich Andy Connors', she smiles for the cameras. Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the widow Connors and her trouble with the law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 mins
7 January Finished
Episode 1335: The three Ward brothers exposed by CAB as major drug traffickers
Three Galway brothers are named as part of a major drug network supplying the tourism heart of Ireland as details of their cruel use of free slave labor emerges. Today Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about Gary Ward and his band of brothers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 mins
6 January Finished
Episode 1334: How the net is closing in on ‘The Family’ gang boss Brian Grendon
He was an unknown when he was picked up by gardaí with a large heroin consignment back in 2001, but in the past two decades Brian Grendon has really been placed on the gangland map. The head of the group known as 'The Family' is now facing sentence on tax offences and a file is currently with the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration of serious gangland charges. Today, Nicola and Niall are talking about Grendon and his rise to fame. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 mins
6 January Finished