Episode 713: The killing of Martin Salinger in Cloverhill prison

Gangster-turned-poet Ian 'Mad Dog' Maloney has been jailed for 10 years for a gun attack on a house. He has apologised to the victims and said he is finished with crime. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Maloney and his hopes for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new Garda Commissioner has agreed to launch a cold case review into the death of 87-year-old farmer Liam Farrell. Liam’s body was discovered bloody and bruised at the rear of his bungalow home in 2020. Niall speaks to Liam's son Peter about his family’s long campaign to discover the truth about his father’s death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.