Crime World Extra: My life banged up next to IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in the H-Block (re-post)
Forty years ago this month, 21-year-old Jake Mac Siacais cried in his H-Block cell as his friend Bobby Sands died on hunger strike.Jake had been in the next cell to the republican icon, and when Sands...
23 Dec 202146min
Crime World Extra: The American guns fuelling the deadly Mexican Cartels and drug wars (re-post)
Drug war in Mexico – how the narcos and their violent sicarios are being armed by legally-sold weapons in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21 Dec 202150min
Episode 58: 2021 - The Crime Year In Review
It's been a year of takedowns and the end of the line for many. And while 2021 closes on a high note for gardai fighting organised crime, it has left many criminals counting their last days of freedom...
18 Dec 202156min
Crime World Extra: The Encrochat phone hack and why no one has been busted in Ireland (re-post)
It was the phone hack that rocked the underworld and led to thousands of arrests and record breaking seizures of drugs, guns and dirty money.Yet, Ireland has little to show from the massive Encrochat ...
17 Dec 202129min
Crime World Extra: An award-winning year of true crime coverage
So we did it – we got through our first year on Crime World and managed to bag the 'Podcast of the Year' award along the way.It’s been a whirlwind 12 months, covering the tales about criminals, drugs ...
15 Dec 202128min
Episode 57: The Mr Moonlight murder and Patrick Quirke's failed bid for freedom
It was the trial that lifted a lid on sex and lust in rural Ireland and revealed the secrets of a small Tipperary village.When farmer Patrick Quirke received a life sentence for the murder of Bobby Ry...
11 Dec 202140min
Crime World Extra: The shameless lifestyle of €2m fraudster Julie McBrien
She was a fraudster who almost bankrupted the tight-knit company she worked for, and with the £1.9million she stole from Northern Mouldings Limited she lived a lifestyle akin to a Hollywood superstar....
9 Dec 202127min
Crime World Extra: The sordid tales behind the Ghislaine Maxwell trial
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell in New York is finally underway after years of allegations about her relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and claims that she helped him procure young girls for ...
7 Dec 202124min
