Episode 803: Nikita Hand wins costs battle in Conor McGregor civil trial

The funerals of murdered gangland heavies Ross Monagahan and Eddie Lyons Jnr took place in Scotland yesterday as police doubled down on their insistence that their killing had nothing to do with local feuds. While Spanish police say they have identified and wish to extradite a hitman linked to the rival Daniel’s clan, cops in Glasgow say they have no intelligence to suggest the motive for the murders is the decades old feud. Nicola speaks with journalist Richard Elias about the deepening mystery around what happened on the Costa Del Sol and how the Kinahan organisation were one of the first to offer their sympathies for the shootings of gang boss Stephen Lyon’s brother and best friend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eight men who attempted to land Kinahan cocaine into Ireland were jailed today for 129 years after the Special Criminal Court heard the fascinating details of the capture of the MV Matthew and her 2.2 tonne cargo of cocaine. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about a drama on the high seas that has ended in a hefty prison sentence for career seamen and a sinister Cartel representative who stood to earn monthly wages varying between $1,000 and $4,500. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was the self-professed chief suspect in the murder of Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier and the subject of a fascinating film, Murder at the Cottage, which was directed by Jim Sheridan and produced by Donald MacIntyre before his death. A larger than life, dramatic, and overwhelming character who courted the media and wore his role as a suspect like a badge of honour. But what was Ian Bailey really like and did his mask fall once the cameras stopped rolling? Nicola speaks to journalist and former colleague Donal MacIntyre, who spent countless hours in his company and who attended a private ceremony near his home in Schull where his ashes were spread. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The bodies of murdered Scottish gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr are to be repatriated by Spanish police almost a month after the duo were shot dead in a Costa Del Sol bar. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the ongoing investigation into the double murder and the theories around it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is set to consider if any criminal offences have been committed amidst the production and then withdrawal of new witnesses by Conor McGregor's side in the appeal against a rape verdict by the civil courts. In a rare move, the three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal said they would send the details of an application made by victim Nikita Hand's lawyers to the DPP after McGregor’s barrister Mark Mulholland KC said he was withdrawing the new evidence in a shock move in court this week. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about what will happen next for McGregor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.