Episode 881: Fitness guru Jamie Smith says he's learned ‘brutal lesson’ after being jailed for €3.9m cannabis haul

Gardaí in Kerry who are searching for missing farmer Mike Gaine have asked the public for help with dashcam footage of roads around Kenmare and Moll’s Gap on the day he disappeared. Searches of slurry tanks and a lake near his sprawling farm have been completed and are now widening in to the mountainous terrain that surround the picturesque area. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitt about the searches and the deepening mystery around the 56-year-old popular farmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A pensioner who is a serial conwoman and matriarch of a family business involved in frauds against insurance companies has been released from prison - just 60 days into a two-year jail term. 74-year-old Winnie Lawrence has been let out the door of the Dochas Women’s Prison at Mountjoy because of overcrowding despite a massive garda investigation followed by a trial into her crimes. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Lawrence's many frauds and the revolving door system that has seen her walk free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irish and Spanish police have now arrested 12 suspects in a major investigation into The Family Organised Crime Group sparked by the Ghost encrypted phone hack. The criminals are suspected of involvement in large-scale drug trafficking, mainly by transporting drugs hidden in vehicles from Spain to Ireland. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about developments in the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He's a former gangster who has told a court that he's turned his back on a life of crime after confessing to a gun attack. Now, Ian Maloney, who was once nicknamed 'Mad Dog', faces a final stretch in jail after admitting his role in a shooting incident at a rival's home. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Maloney and his road to Damascus, which has seen him become a published poet and a charity fundraiser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Devon Hennessy, a son of Browne’s Steakhouse murder victim Jason Hennessy Snr, has given up his hunger strike after 24 hours missing less than one meal. Hennessy and his brothers Brandon and Jason Jnr are all facing charges in connection with an alleged kidnap and torture of a man who has said that he was branded with a cattle iron and beaten. Hennessy told staff at Portlaoise Prison that he was going on hunger strike to protest about the conditions in which he was held on remand and was joined by his brothers, but the Blanchardstown brothers were back eating before staff could even implement their hunger strike policies. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitte and Niall Donald about one of the quickest hunger strikes in prison history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.