Episode 268: The Good Friday Agreement and Northern Ireland's current terror threat
IT'S the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement when a monumental task was achieved, and political divides agreed to peace in Northern Ireland.So what has that 67-page document meant for those livin...
8 Apr 202336min
Episode 267: Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo', his legacy and the Sinaloa cartel
He is locked up in a Colorado jail with some of the world’s most notorious prisoners, but the legacy of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman lives on in a never ending cycle of violence and corruption in Mexico.Si...
7 Apr 202354min
Episode 266: The FBI's secret files on Frank Sinatra and his ties to the Mafia
Frank Sinatra or Ol' Blue Eyes as he was known was one of the most popular entertainers in the 1940s and 50s. A singer, an actor and a member of the famous Rat Pack, the New Jersey-born, bobby soxxer ...
5 Apr 202346min
Episode 265: Probation and Parole - How criminals are managed in the community after being released from prison
He has dedicated his life to working with those in crisis and Vivian Geiran, the former Director of the Probation and Parole service of Ireland, has had to manage the supervision of hundreds of crimin...
3 Apr 20231h 3min
Episode 264: The sentencing of serial sex offender and former promising jockey Maurice Fitzgerald
SERIAL sex offender Maurice Fitzgerald was jailed this week after he pleaded guilty to a shocking attack on a woman who he bound and gagged with duct tape and dragged down a city lane way.The former j...
1 Apr 202347min
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: Why DNA evidence could solve the 'Kerry Baby' murder case (Repost)
The shock arrest of a man and a woman by officers investigating the case of the Kerry Baby could bring to an end the mystery of who the parents of the child are.But however Baby John came to wash up o...
31 Mar 202326min
Episode 263: How the old school mafia are surviving in a modern world
They were once the most powerful force in America, bigger than General Motors and with a finger in every pie from politics to prostitution.But what has become of the Mafia and its old school criminal ...
29 Mar 202339min
Episode 262: Katie Taylor's homecoming bout and why it could be overshadowed by the spectre of exiled Daniel Kinahan
Boxing champion Katie Taylor is building up for a homecoming in Dublin in May in the 3 Arena.But behind the scenes characters who once surrounded and defended mob boss Daniel Kinahan are lurking.Boxer...
27 Mar 202324min
