Episode 89: The jailing of Kinahan Cartel kingpin Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh
2 April 2022 - 36 minsHis end was swift, delivered in the cold confines of a courtroom where Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh was committed to 21 years in prison for his crimes.
The mob boss who sat at the very top of the Kinahan organisation and who pumped guns and weapons into the UK and Ireland for decades is now counting the costs of his chosen career.
But how did Gardai and their UK colleagues in the National Crime Agency (NCA) eventually catch the violent and untouchable crime boss and how many others have gone down with him.
Nicola Tallant talks with Sunday World Deputy Editor Niall Donald about the fall of the bomb squad and the ramifications of his demise further up the Kinahan food chain.
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Episode 1022: Crimes of the Costa Blanca - Irish man shot in the head in tourist hotspot
A shooting on the Costa Blanca near where Belfast man John George was last seen alive and where John Gilligan was nabbed in a drugs lab. As a 21-year-old fights for his life, two men are arrested in the latest incident near popular Orihuela near Alicante. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about gun crime and a police crackdown in a tourism hotspot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 mins
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Episode 1021: The shocking drive-by shooting video with links to the McCarthy-Dundon gang
A young man fires a gun randomly from the passenger seat of a speeding car - the latest incident in an ongoing and dangerous feud which set two families at war. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about how a broken relationship created a divide within the notorious Dundon gang and turned neighbours and friends into sworn enemies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 mins
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Episode 1020: (Day 17) The body under the staircase - Richard Satchwell murder trial
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26 mins
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Episode 1019: John Gilligan's master plan to double cross John George's murder suspect from behind bars
Jailed drug trafficker John Gilligan hoped to carry out a spectacular double-cross behind bars in a Spanish jail to net himself a much needed nest egg. Nicola is joined by journalist Steven Moore, who tells her an extraordinary tale of intrigue from gangland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 mins
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Episode 1018: (Day 16) The body under the staircase - Richard Satchwell murder trial
On the 16th day of the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies murdering his wife Tina in March 2017,the jury heard closing speeches from both the prosecution and defence legal teams. Senior counsel for the state, Geraldine Small, described Mr Satchwell as an arch manipulator full of guile and cunning, while defence barrister Brendan Grehan said that while Mr Satchwell engaged in a campaign of hurtful lies, it does not make him a murderer. Eimear Rabbitt speaks with Sunday World journalist Eamon Dillon who has covered every day of the trial for the last four weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
38 mins
24 May Finished
Episode 1017: A Deadly American Marriage - Is the Jason Corbett Netflix documentary accurate?
The brutal killing of Limerick dad Jason Corbett and the devastating after-effects for his family are laid in a new Netflix documentary. But does A Deadly American Marriage allow Molly Martens and her father Tom to continue to pursue a false narrative that has attempted to rob Jason of his good name as well as his life? Or is the documentary a fair portrayal of two sides of a story? Nicola speaks with journalist and documentary maker Lynne Kelleher, who has poured over the investigation files and who believes that victim Jason was almost put on trial by a US legal system which failed his family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
41 mins
23 May Finished
