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A rugby ace behaving badly, the Belfast riots draw sick comments from a US rapper, and glamour model Katie Price says Daniel Kinahan and her hubby are sharing porridge in a Dubai prison.

This is a wrap up of the top stories on crimeworld.com this week.

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The brother of an Irish soccer star has been reported missing and feared dead in Spain. The victim in his 30s had been living in Spain for a number of years and associating with members of the Kinahan organization. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald on this breaking news story.

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Crime World’s Ken Foy goes in search of a statement from Daniel Kinahan about the Panorama programme.

Much to his surprise, he ends up in a 35-minute-long phone conversation with the man himself.

Ken gets his statement, and the reaction to the BBC documentary is fierce, prompting yet another release from Daniel denying any involvement in the drugs trade. It’s just a ‘witch-hunt’ he claims.

But his attempts to ‘sportswash’ his reputation are truly scuppered when in April 2022 when an extraordinary press conference at Dublin City Hall is jointly held by the Irish, American and British law enforcement agencies.

Are the Kinahans finally KO’d?

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Jeffrey Donaldson has denied raping a seven-year-old child, under cross-examination, saying “it simply didn’t happen”. The former MP spent Thursday on the witness stand in Newry Crown Court. During the questioning, he admitted having an affair. Mr Donaldson is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. The sixty-three-year-old has pleaded not guilty to the 18 alleged offences.

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Eleanor Donaldson “met with a blank wall” when asking her husband Jeffrey about an incident with an alleged abuse – a jury has heard.  

Eleanor Donaldson also accused her husband of infidelity during police interviews.  

And Jeffrey Donaldson told police a letter sent to one of his alleged victims had nothing “to do with any allegation or any action involving sexual abuse”.  

His trial over alleged sexual offences is continuing in Newry Crown Court.  

The 63-year-old has pleaded not guilty to 18 charges, including one count of rape and allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency.  

His wife Eleanor Donaldson faces five related charges including aiding and abetting – she is facing a trial of the facts due to her mental health issues.  

Allison Morris is covering the trial. 

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MTK Global gets a major boost when US boxing promoter legend Bob Yalen is announced as their new president.

Nothing is going to stop Daniel Kinahan’s attempt to break America. A bizarre book, rap song and film about the Regency Hotel attack are released that paint the event in a very different light.

For a while it seems to work, MTK sign tournament contracts with Sky Sports and ESPN.

However, Daniel’s connection to the company proves troublesome again.

And then begin whispers about a new BBC documentary in the works, charting Daniel’s ongoing rise in the boxing world and his links to criminality.

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Northern Ireland has seen serious race riots for the third year in a row. Masked men staged violent protests in number of areas, but the trouble was concentrated in the greater Belfast area, with homes set alight off the Crumlin Road and in east Belfast. A Glider bus was set alight on the Newtownards Road and a police car was burned in Portadown. 

The disorder followed an attempted murder involving a knife in north Belfast on Monday night – a 30-year-old Sudanese man has been charged.  

The Belfast Telegraph’s Kevin Scott was on the ground in Belfast and Liam Tunney was in court. 

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Daniel Kinahan is determined to dominate the boxing world – not even an attempt by a rival gang to assassinate him at The Regency Hotel in Dublin can slow him down. He continues to woo top level boxers onto his books. However, things get too hot on the Costa for the Kinahan brothers, they move to Dubai and eventually intense attention from policing authorities sees Daniel step down as the public face of MGM. But he’s still expanding the business with major signings like Carl Frampton. In the meantime, his cartel business is facing major disruption, by the end of 2018 more than 70 Irish Kinahan associates are convicted or awaiting trial. Daniel doubles down on his propaganda war to sportswash his reputation.

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Notorious hitman and enforcer Lee McDonnell died in a Garda cell just a week after his last notorious crime. McDonnell is suspected of being the man who stabbed Thomas Griffen who tried to flee for his life by jumping in the Liffey but was later pronounced dead.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about McDonnell and his notorious criminal past.

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On 5th December 2000 Ann O’Grady rings the Collins family to tell them Sandra has failed to return home after being out the night before. 

A major search is launched, covering miles of the surrounding countryside.

Lifeboats comb the nearby waters, but there’s no sign of Sandra, apart from her dark pink coloured fleece jacket, which mysteriously turns up on the pier five days after she goes missing. 

There are two scraps of paper in the pockets, one has the phone number for an abortion clinic in the UK, the other has a mobile number for a local man. 

But the Collins family aren’t told who he is or what his connection to Sandra is about. 

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It’s late January 2021 and Crime World reporter Ken Foy is waiting by his phone for a call from one of Ireland’s most notorious mob bosses. It takes several hours for the call to come through and when it does Foy can’t quite believe that he is talking directly to Daniel Kinahan - head of an international drugs cartel. But Kinahan is not calling to discuss his main business, instead he wants to talk boxing and an upcoming BBC documentary that’s promising to highlight his criminal links. He wants some positive publicity - it’s a propaganda push. 

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“I can’t get my head around” the abuse allegations made by Witness B, Jeffrey Donaldson told police.

The tape of the former MP’s interview with the PSNI was played at his trial in Newry Crown Count on Monday morning.

The jury also heard Donaldson deny that he apologised to Witness in the case because he thought it would “make this go away”.

“I wasn’t doing anything untoward,” Jeffrey Donaldson told police officers in relation to accusations made by Witness A.

Donaldson (63) is accused of rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. He denies all 18 alleged offences. There are two alleged victims, Complainant A and Complainant B.

His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.

Allison Morris was in court.

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Sean McGovern, right-hand man of Daniel Kinahan, was handed down a massive 24-year sentence yesterday for his role in a murder and a surveillance plot against a Hutch associate during the Kinahan and Hutch feud.

Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan was an innocent man who stood beside the Monk as he attended his brother Eddie’s funeral after his murder in February 2016.

That, gardaí have said, was enough to have him assassinated days before Christmas that year as Kinahan killers stalked their prey.

Nicola and Niall speak to Eamon Dillon.

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The murder of Pat Finucane is one of the most notorious of the Troubles.

The 39-year-old Belfast solicitor was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in 1989 by UDA gunmen.

A series of investigations revealed collusion with the state. The first hearing of a public inquiry into the killing is set to take place soon – with Sir Gary Hickinbottom as chairman of the inquiry.

Pat Finucane’s family, including his son, Sinn Fein MP John Finucane, has long fought for an inquiry into the case to be opened.  

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Jonathan Gill's latest court appearance, a family divided in two by a son's brutal killing of his allegedly abusive mother, wife killer Joe O'Reilly graduates from a university course in jail, and a prison watchdog boss has custom-made pillows designed of a killer's face.

Eimear Rabbitt is joined by Neil Fetherston as we discuss the biggest stories on Crime World this week.

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Newry Crown Court has heard Jeffrey Donaldson sent a message to a minister supporting one of his alleged victims, saying he wanted to “repent before them as he had before God.” 

The husband of an alleged victim in the abuse trial has broken down as he gave evidence on Thursday.  

63-year-old former MP Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to all the 18 charges he is facing, they include rape and several counts of gross indecency and of indecent assault. His wife Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, County Down denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending.  She is facing a trial of the facts.  

Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph.

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Siblings Bridie and Patrick Collins have spent 26 years trying to find their missing sister Sandra who vanished on a December night in 2000 from the small fishing village of Killala in County Mayo.

Over the past year, the Crime World team has been delving into the story of Sandra in the hopes of unearthing information that might lead gardai to her remains.

Nicola talks with Bridie and Patrick about Ghost: The Disappearance of Sandra Collins and their ongoing efforts to find her.

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Troubles with wedding dress shopping in an electronic tag, sports stars finding themselves on the wrong side of the law, and the week’s most bizarre story.

This is a Crime World weekly round up from crimeworld.com.

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The heartbroken family of murdered computer science student Qayyum Balogun believe he was chased down and murdered for trying to protect a girl from an assault during a music event.

The 21-year-old was stabbed to death in the early hours of Monday morning just off Grafton Street in Dublin. 

Nicola talks to Eimear Rabbitt about what happened to Qayyum and who the Gardai suspect in his murder.

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Stephen McCullagh will do at least 31 years of jail time before he is even considered for release. 

32-year-old Natalie McNally had been 15 weeks pregnant when she was subjected to a violent attack and murdered at her home in Lurgan in December 2022. 

The judge, Mr Justice Kinney, told McCullagh that he committed a “brutal senseless murder and planned it in remorseless detail.” 

“The killing was cold blooded and calculated.” 

McCullagh tried to pin the murder on Lewis Jones, Natalie’s ex-partner, after having set up a false alibi. But the jury rejected that and found McCullagh guilty of the murder at Belfast Crown Court earlier this year. 

Our Bel Tel colleagues Ciaran Dunbar and Kurtis Reid discuss what happened in court for the tariff hearing.  

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A new movie about the events of Bloody Sunday and the fight for justice in its aftermath is touring across the UK with huge interest from the United States and even Dubai.

Made with images and footage taken on the day, interviews with those who were there in January 1972 when British army paratroopers fired on unarmed civilians, and contributions from those who have fought for justice, The Day Innocence Died has likened events in Derry with those in Palestine.

Nicola speaks with Adrian Kerr of the Bloody Sunday Trust and filmmaker Hannan Majid on their collaboration which has created the box office hit.

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A jury has heard a police interview recording of a woman who claims she was raped as a child by Jeffrey Donaldson. Jurors at Newry Crown Court heard allegations against the former DUP leader by a woman who claims it happened when she was at primary school. She also alleged that Donaldson arranged for her to be sent to a Christian Rehabilitation Centre and apologised to her there.

Sixty-three-year-old Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences said to have taken place between 1985 and 2008 involving two complainants known as Witness A and B.

His wife Eleanor Donaldson faces a trial of the facts on aiding and abetting allegations after the trial judge ruled her medically unfit to stand trial.

Allison Morris is covering the trial for the Belfast Telegraph.

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Eleanor Donaldson “did nothing” when told of an allegation of abuse by her husband, Jeffrey Donaldson, a court has heard. 

The claim from one of the alleged victims came during week two of the former DUP leader’s trial. 63-year-old Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to 18 alleged offences. 

The charges include one count of rape and allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency. Donaldson’s wife Lady Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road, Dromore, Co Down, denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s alleged offending. 

The 60-year-old is facing a trial of the facts, not a criminal trial, after judge Paul Ramsey ruled her unfit to stand trial on mental health grounds. Allison Morris was in court for day four of evidence.  

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Frank McCann murdered his wife, Esther, and her daughter, Jessica, on the 4th of September 1992.

The moment Marian Leonard heard the news that her sister and niece had perished in a house fire, she suspected that McCann had somehow been involved.

McCann received two life sentences in 1996.

In recent weeks, Marian has once again had to meet with the parole board to ask them not to release McCann.

Jenny Friel speaks to Marian Leonard to ask her why it's so important to her that McCann stays behind bars.

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Sandra visits home every Sunday evening to see her family, however, they know little about her day-to-day existence in Killala. 

They are shocked when she reveals her pregnancy in the late 90s but are also completely supportive.Sandra makes the difficult decision to give her baby daughter up for adoption. 

The Collins family are deeply saddened by the move but understand it. A short time later, they experience a huge tragedy when their brother James is killed in a horrific workplace accident. 

It takes a toll on all of them, and Sandra must deal with her grief without them close by. 

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It’s coming on two decades since a garda crackdown on Limerick promised to break the gangs that had turned the city into a warzone.

So, where are the players now and why are so many still involved in drug dealing and organised criminality?

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon.

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This episode was originally published by our sister podcast, The BelTel on May 29, 2026.

Jeffrey Donaldson’s wife planted a listening device in his car after becoming suspicious he was having affair with a constituent, a court in Newry has been told.  The 63-year-old former MP in on trial in relation to 18 alleged historical sex offence charges, dating from 1985 to 2008 – including a charge of rape. He denies all of the charges against him.  

His wife Eleanor Donaldson, of Dublinhill Road, Dromore in Co Down, is charged with aiding and abetting. She denies the charges.  She will not be in court and is facing a trial of the facts as she has been ruled medically unfit to stand trial.  

Allison Morris was in court.

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Blood bonds between organised crime groups have a long history in the underworld and in the efforts by law enforcement to get to the root of what holds outfits together.

Now a familial bond between the Gucci Gang and the Kinahan Organisation have featured in Criminal Assets Bureau affidavits which give an insight into a troubled period of restructure in both groups in the aftermath of a garda crackdown.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon.

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A Garda Inspector Tom Quinn has told of the effects of a dog attack on his career, reputation and promotional ability in an extraordinary court case involving criminal Edward 'Blondie' Stokes and an altered video about an incident at his property.

In a case that took eight years to come to court, Stokes pleaded guilty to a range of charges after evidence proved he set his dog on the Garda.

Nicola speaks with Crime World's Eamon Dillon about Stokes.

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Tattle Life is a self-described “commentary website”. Supporters of the site say it’s free speech, protects consumers, and that influencers are fair game, with the website saying it has a zero-tolerance policy to any abusive, hateful or harmful content. But critics claim users have published private documents, that the site facilitates vile and cruel trolling – even stalking.  

Last year, it was revealed County Antrim couple Neil and Donna Sands seemed to have taken the so-called ‘king of the trolls’, alleged owner of the site, Sebastian Bond, down. But now court has ruled he didn’t even know his crown was being seized - and the couple have to pay back £300,000 in damages.   

The Bel Tel's Olivia Peden is joined by Belfast Telegraph reporter Kurtis Reid. 

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The life and death of Katie Simpson was steeped in horses - it is the equestrian industry that has come in for much criticism in the shocking review of her death conducted by Northern Ireland's Justice Department. The review paints a bleak picture of what her world was like from the moment she first met Jonathan Creswell.

Nicola talks to Jenny Friel about the failings of the equestrian industry to safeguard kids and to demand vetting of those working within it.  

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The wife of crystal meth smuggler Nathan McDonnell is alleged to have been six times over the legal limit when she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of cocaine last August.

Jackie O’Duffy McDonnell is set to appear in court early next month charged with driving while under the influence of cocaine.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Jackie O'Duffy McDonnell and the charge against her.

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In Dungannon, a young woman suffering repeated miscarriages was targeted with cruel congratulations cards sent after every loss from an anonymous person.

But in February 2024 this harassment escalated, a parcel arrived at her workplace and inside the box was a baby doll with its eyes cut out, packaged to look like a coffin.

At the centre of it all is Patricia Quinn - a woman whose campaign of psychological torment spanned years.

Chloë McPolin speaks with Crime World journalist Roisin Gorman to discuss this bizarre harassment case and how Quinn’s sick campaign of torment came undone.

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Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch put up a decent performance in his latest election outing but has failed to make it to the Dáil. However, he has already vowed to try again. What is it that is driving the man known as the Godfather of the Hutch family and even a criminal outfit connected to it.

Why does he really want to be a politician and will he focus next on a bid for Council instead?

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An arrest has been made in relation to the murder inquiry into missing boy Kyran Durnin who was last seen in the summer of 2022.

The 50 year old woman is the third suspect to be arrested in the shocking case of the little boy who would have celebrated his 10th birthday earlier this month.

A new search was underway at a domestic property in Drogheda.

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Hailed as one of the oldest settlements in Ireland, Killala has a long and chequered history. St Patrick is rumoured to have brought a dead woman back to life in the centre of the village, while a French general landed there with more than 1,000 troops to kick off the 1798 Rebellion against English rule. 

In the late 80s, Ann O’Grady gets a small council flat on Courthouse Street in the village and brings her niece Sandra Collins to live with her. Shy and quiet, the locals know little about the teenager, apart from that she’s very young to be taking care of a disabled aunt. 

Her siblings try to persuade her to come home to them, but for some reason, Sandra insists on staying in Killala.

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The widow of Jason Hennessy Sr has appealed a High Court order directing the destruction of her XL Bully pitbulls.

Veronica Maher has claimed the dogs are all she has left after her husband was murdered in Browne's Steakhouse on Christmas Eve 2023.

Niall speaks to Crime World's Eimear Rabbitt about why the State believe the dogs are too dangerous

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Jonathan Creswell was associating with other dangerous sex offenders before his death and had befriended a dangerous young paedophile in the years between the brutal attack on Abi Lyle and the murder of Katie Simpson.

Nicola speaks with Jenny Friel about the sinister friendships that Creswell had nurtured.

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The alleged Dublin crime figure Jonathan Gill who is wanted for the murder of Robbie Lawlor in Belfast in April 2020 discussed ‘stabbing a barrister’ on an Encrochat phone handle the PSNI say was his.

The High Court heard further details of the case against him when he applied for bail today. His mother Catherine and father John Snr gave evidence in relation to surety and bail conditions.

The application was adjourned due to issues with a CAB bill and tax payments and will be decided upon in two weeks. Meanwhile, his challenge to extradition is expected to be heard.

Nicola talks with Robin Schiller who was in court today for the hearing.  

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Glamour model Katie Price is back in the headlines after her intriguing latest marriage with a businessman Lee Andrews and his stint in a Dubai prison.

Andrews, who spent weeks in the same Al Awir prison where Daniel kinahan is currently being held, has gone to ground after missing an interview with his celebrity wife.

Nicola speaks to journalist Aoife Rooney for the latest on the Katie Price saga.

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Crime has become a central focal point of the upcoming by-election where Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch is vying for former Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe's seat.

So what other colourful characters are in the mix? What role does crime pay in their back story?

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the upcoming by-election.

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Despite early tragedy and straitened circumstances, the Collins family enjoy a loving and stable childhood in the townland of Fotish, near Crossmolina. They may have little in the way of material wealth, but the six children are doted on by their parents, and two aunts, Bridie and Ann. However, when Ann develops a painful degenerative condition, and her marriage breaks up, one of the Collins children is expected to go stay with her. In the end it’s Sandra who moves in. It’s supposed to be for just a few weeks, but turns into months, and then years.  

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While clearing out their aunt and uncle’s house in Liverpool, the Collins family find a tape recording of their eldest sister, Sandra, reading out a poem she learned in school. It has been more than two decades since they last heard her voice. The 28-year-old disappeared on a bitterly cold winter’s night in 2000 from Killala, a fishing village on Mayo’s north coast. 

For years her family hold out hope that she has simply run away from her domineering aunt and would one day return to them. But as time goes on it becomes clear that something much more sinister has happened to Sandra, and there is much about her life in Killala they have never known.  

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More than 20 gardaí are now working on an investigation into the death of a man in his mid-thirties who became unresponsive after being restrained on the ground for a number of minutes on Henry Street in Dublin City Center last week.

Disturbing video footage has emerged of the incident and it shows alleged shoplifter Yves Sakila becoming unresponsive as he's restrained on the ground on Friday evening. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the death of Mr Sakila.

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The disappearance of Sandra Collins remains one of the most frustrating murder cases on the books of An Garda Síochána.

Aged 28, she was pregnant and planning an abortion when she disappeared on a bitterly cold December night in 2000 from the fishing village of Killala in County Mayo.

Ten years later, her case was upgraded to a murder inquiry and a subsequent trial heard she had been having a relationship with a local married man Martin Earley.

A jury at his trial were ordered to acquit him after five weeks of evidence yet the hunt goes on for the remains of a beloved sister, daughter, and friend.

Nicola speaks with Jenny Friel about our new nine-part subscriber only podcast special Ghost: The Disappearance of Sandra Collins, available now on crimeworld.com.

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Dubliner Jonathan Gill, who's wanted by the PSNI over the murder of hitman Robbie Lawlor, has halted his bid for bail over what was described as 'highly contested' documents on his dealings with state agencies over the course of two decades. A barrister for Gill informed the High Court last week that they needed time to seek instructions from him over the document, which outlines every interaction he's had with the state body in the past 20 years.

Gill, of the Malahide Road in Dublin 3, is currently in Portlaoise Prison and is due before the courts in June. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about Gill.

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The Irish Prison Service, the Department of Justice, and the Irish Defence Forces are considering the reintroduction of army officers at Portlaoise Prison as part of a security upgrade ahead of Daniel Kinahan’s return.

So what are the plans for the arrival of the head of the Kinahan Cartel back to Ireland later this year and what headaches is it causing?

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Kinahan and the State's plans for his incarceration.

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Singer Tommy Fleming's private recordings go public causing him to complain to Gardai. A mother and daughter fall foul of their shoplifting spree at top department store Brown Thomas and paedophile hunters are using dating apps to track their prey.

This is a Crime World weekly roundup with Nicola Tallant and guests Eimear Rabbitt and Niall Donald.

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A well-known Sligo property tycoon has been jailed for two years for savagely beating three teenage boys he wrongly blamed for breaking a window.

Cathal O’Connor choked one boy until he lost consciousness, threatened another with a saw, and used an iron bar to hit one in the face.

Niall talks to Crime World's Alan Sherry about O'Connor's violent attack and how an ex-TD gave him a character reference. 

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A romance scammer impersonating Hollywood heartthrob Jason Momoa is targeting lonely Irish fans online. The scammer is part of a wave of so-called romance-fraudsters who are making million of euros off vulnerable Irish people.

Niall talks to Crime World's Denise Smith about how she was love-bombed by a fake Jason Momoa.

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Four homes were damaged after a hand grenade was thrown in Ballymun on Tuesday morning in an escalating feud in the area.

The bitter gang war has seen two factions, most of whom are still in their teens, repeatedly target each other in gun and arson attacks.

Niall speaks to Crime World's Ken Foy about how the feud has already cost one man his life.

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On the 9th of March 2026, John Cullen died at the age of 75 in St James's Hospital, where he had been treated for cancer for the last year.

A notorious pimp in the 1970s and 80s, he was jailed in 1983 for the murder of former sex worker Dolores Lynch, her mother Kathleen, and aunt Hannah.

Cullen controlled prostitution in Dublin for almost a decade. His cruelty, depravity, and violence were notorious.

There were few, apart from his close family, who mourned his death. J

enny Friel talks to Crime World's Caoimhe Young about the life and death of John Cullen and the women who finally put him behind bars.

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A “baby-faced” Gucci Gang boss threatened a woman, claiming he would send “junkies” to rape her son over a drug debt he claimed he was owed.

Mark Salmon’s campaign of terror was outlined in court after he pleaded guilty to making threats to kill, drug trafficking, and money laundering.

Niall talks to Crime World's Eamon Dillon about how Salmon's life of crime began, as a pal of feud murder victims Sean Little and Zachary Parker.

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A criminal from a small town in Co Offaly is suspected of acting as a 'logistical operator in Spain' for Ireland’s biggest drug dealing gang ‘The Family'. Keelan Hand is currently under investigation in Spain after he was arrested in August 2024 when police seized 110kg of cocaine valued at €7.71 million from a warehouse.

Niall talks to Crime World's Ken Foy about Hand's unlikely rise from being a out-of-control thug in Offaly to Spain's Costa Del Crime.

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A mother-of-eight who went on the run with her husband who was wanted for a gun murder has avoided jail.

Jennifer Devine hid out in a hotel with her ‘cocaine-shovelling’ husband after he murdered her brother-in-law.

Niall speaks to Crime World’s Eimear Rabbitt about why she was allowed walk free from court despite being convicted of withholding information.  

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Tracking devices and so-called infidelity kits are being used to coercively control women without their knowledge.

These tests, available on an Irish website for as little as €62, claim to detect traces of semen hours after sex and provide proof of infidelity.

Chloe McPolin speaks with Denise Smith about these testing kits and the dangers posed by tracking devices that are increasingly being used as tools of coercive control.

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A local politician who is a mentor and friend to Conor McGregor had a truck gifted to him by the MMA star damaged in an arson attack outside his home.

Councillor Philip Sutcliffe had to resign from the Independent Ireland party after standing shoulder to shoulder with McGregor during the civil rape trial taken by Nikita Hand.

But the former coach and mentor to McGregor has continued in his support for the sportsman and happily accepted a gift emblazoned with the Black Forge Inn logo.

Nicola and Niall talk about the arson attack and the garda investigation.

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Flashy gang enforcer Scott Capper caught again with a phone in jail, Barbie Kardashian’s porn ambitions, the world’s biggest cocaine haul and the Chawke siblings assault case.

Niall Donald speaks to Crime World’s Eimear Rabbitt and Neil Fetherstonhaugh about the stories that caught our readers' eyes this week. 

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This week, the Katie Simpson review was published on behalf of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.

It's a damning report on the police's handling of the investigation into Katie's death in August 2020.

The 21-year-old showjumper from Armagh was murdered by her sister's partner, Jonathan Creswell. He staged her death to make it look like a suicide, a story that was accepted by the PSNI officers.

Jenny Friel speaks to Nuala Lappin, a former domestic abuse officer who dealt with Creswell back in 2010 when he was found guilty of attacking his then-girlfriend, Abi Lyle.

After reading the entire 203-page report, she's happy with much of the findings and recommendations but still believes more needs to be done to tackle domestic abuse across the island of Ireland.

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Jailed Devon Hennessy has had a steel cage fitted to the front of his home in Corduff, which he is turning into somewhat of a fortress.

Hennessy a member of the notorious Hennessy Organised Crime Group, will be one the first of the torture mob due out of jail in two years time despite their incarceration incidents of graffiti and arson attacks continue to torment the community.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the latest from the Hennessy mob and our subscriber-only deep dive podcast 'Blood Brothers’ on what turned them into an enemy of their own community.

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Gerry Hutch is on the campaign trail and already sparking controversy with remarks about illegal immigrants which have been called ‘racist’ and Trump-like.

Nicola talks with Niall Donald about 'The Monk' and a rocky start to his bid for the Dáil.

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Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro has claimed that Daniel Kinahan sits on a ‘Board of Directors’ of international narco traffickers who control the world’s cocaine trade.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the remarks which suggest that Dubai in the headquarters of what he calls the Junta Directiva Del Narcotráfico.

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Former UFC fighter Darren Till extended his support to his “friend” Daniel Kinahan during a recent podcast appearance.

Till, who was previously represented by the cartel boss, spoke out following Daniel's arrest in Dubai last month.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Daniel Kinahan and how his crimes have seeped into the world of boxing. 

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A review into the murder of 21-year-old showjumper Katie Simpson has exposed ‘institutional misogyny’ within the PSNI and total failure to follow policing procedures in the case of her death.

Killer Jonathan Creswell almost got away with murder when he presented Katie to hospital in Derry saying he had found her hanging.

But months later, a second investigation team arrested and charged him before the courts.

Nicola speaks with Jenny Friel about the 200-page report and its damning conclusions.

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In May 2018,14-year-old Ana Kriegel was reported missing by her parents to the Gardai. After an intensive three-day search, her battered and naked body was found in a derelict farmhouse, a short walk from her home in Lucan, West Dublin.

Thirteen months later, two 14-year-old boys, only ever known as Boy A and Boy B, were found guilty of Ana's murder. They remain the youngest people in Ireland to have ever been convicted of murder. Jenny Friel speaks with Crime World's Caoimhe Young about what could have led these children to commit such a heinous crime.

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Journalist Pavel Barter could have never imagined the tale he would uncover when he started looking into one of the FBI's coldest cases.

But the story of killer Joseph Maloney took him from the US right into the heart of Ireland and its fledgling movie industry to an unlikely love story and into the mind of a cold killer who poisoned his wife then reinvented himself.

Nicola speaks to Pavel about his new book Runaway Joe and the podcast that has proceeded it.

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Sean McGovern carried a Sudoku puzzle book and a copy of George Orwell's 1984 as he appeared in court and made his case for a reduced sentence.

The Kinahan lieutenant was described as 'a caring and generous' father in court as he was allowed introduce references on his behalf.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about McGovern's demeanor in court and the sentence he is likely to receive.

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They were the gang of young men who started off as street dealers but went on to become key figures in the Kinahan Cartel's transnational crime operation.

Forged in the Crumlin/Drimnagh feud, the crew which included infamous criminals like Liam Byrne and Sean McGovern would experience the highs and lows of life as a gangster.

Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about Crime World’s new three-part subscriber only series, The Brat Pack, tracing how eight young men from Dublin's south inner-city rose to the top of the criminal underworld.

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Sean McGovern is now the fifth person to be convicted for a role in the brutal murder of Noel ‘Duck Egg' Kirwan. The innocent grandfather was gunned down in 2016 as the Kinahan Cartel was gripped with bloodlust as they sought soft target linked to the Hutches.

Niall talks to Crime World’s Eamon Dillon about McGovern’s role and the four others who have already pleaded guilty in court.

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Real IRA hardman Nathan Kinsella named socialite Marcus Sweeney and accused him of informing on him when Criminal Assets Bureau officers came to search his plush Blackrock home.

A proceeds of crime case heard that Kinsella threatened to ‘fold’ Sweeney after three high value cars were discovered in an underground car park by officers.

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Kinsella and the CAB case against him.

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Spanish detectives have seized more than 100 photos showing torture and beatings at a Costa del Sol apartment used by suspected members of the Scots gang allied with the Kinahans. 

The gruesome pictures were discovered at the flat in Fuengirola during one of the 18 raids targeting the Lyons gang carried out by cops late last month. 

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about what the gory findings will mean for the Lyons gang and the Kinahan cartel. 

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On a spring morning in June 2001, an eight-year-old girl gathers moss for her grandmother’s hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim.

The child lets out a scream, she had discovered a body. The remains belonged to Enniskillen businessman Gerry McGinley and it was clear that he been murdered.

He had been killed by his own wife Julie and her lover - in fact, they were already in custody over it.

But it wasn’t a simple tale of adultery. It involved hotel sex with strangers, lies, blackmail and videotape – and included many prominent people in Fermanagh. 

Andrew Madden researched this sordid story for the Belfast Telegraph. 

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Sean McGovern was on a mission to kill as a senior lieutenant in the Kinahan Cartel when he organised to use tracker devices in the plan to murder Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan. Later as he and his cell targeted James ‘Mago’ Gately they had no idea they were under surveillance and that their murder plot would lead to their downfall.

Yesterday McGovern was confronted by a victim impact statement from the children of Kirwan, Donna and Christopher, who told him they would never get over their Dad’s death.

Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about the sensational evidence that give us a window into the blood lust of the Kinahan Cartel.

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Sean McGovern was on a mission to kill as a senior lieutenant in the Kinahan Cartel when he organised to use tracker devices in the plan to murder Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan. Later as he and his cell targeted James ‘Mago’ Gately they had no idea they were under surveillance and that their murder plot would lead to their downfall.

Yesterday McGovern was confronted by a victim impact statement from the children of Kirwan, Donna and Christopher, who told him they would never get over their Dad’s death.

Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about the sensational evidence that give us a window into the blood lust of the Kinahan Cartel.

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After he murdered his wife Tina in March 2017 and in the six-year period before her remains were found under the stairs of their Cork home, Richard Satchwell spun a web of lies about what happened to his wife and conducted interviews appealing for her return.

Several of these interviews were done with journalist and author Barry Cummins who was invited into the couple's home and unknowingly sat just metres from where tragic Tina lay buried.

Eimear Rabbitt speaks with Barry about his new book Buried Secrets and his bizarre encounters with a manipulative wife killer.

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After he murdered his wife Tina in March 2017 and in the six-year period before her remains were found under the stairs of their Cork home, Richard Satchwell spun a web of lies about what happened to his wife and conducted interviews appealing for her return.

Several of these interviews were done with journalist and author Barry Cummins, who was invited into the couple's home and unknowingly sat just metres from where tragic Tina lay buried.

Eimear speaks with Barry about his new book Buried Secrets and his bizarre encounters with a manipulative wife killer.

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The prison where Daniel Kinahan is being held has been described as Dubai’s version of Alcatraz with overcrowded cells, basic food and where inmates have their heads shaved.

So what do we know about Al Awir Central? Nicola is joined by journalist Maeve McTaggart who tells us about about the new residence of the cartel boss.

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Our sister podcast Indo Sport talk about Daniel Kinahan’s recent arrest and his presence in the world of boxing, with Kinahan routinely and openly name-checked by fighters and power brokers as one of the sport’s foremost figures.

Crime World’s Nicola Tallant and journalist Kieran Cunningham join Joe Molloy of Indo Sport to discuss Kinahan’s dual existence, his rise and fall within boxing circles, and how things are likely to play out from here.

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The arrest of Daniel Kinahan in Dubai marks a major breakthrough in the Gardaí’s long-running international pursuit of the Kinahan cartel. Nicola is joined by Niall Donald to answer your questions about the Kinahan cartel kingpins arrest. 

In part two, we look at why Kinahan did not leave Dubai ahead of his arrest, and consider what escape options - if any - that may have been available to him.

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The arrest of Daniel Kinahan in Dubai marks a major breakthrough in the Gardaí’s long-running international pursuit of the Kinahan cartel. Nicola is joined by Niall Donald to answer your questions about the Kinahan cartel kingpins arrest. 

In part one of this special Q&A, we examine Kinahan’s wife, Caoimhe Robinson, where Nicola was during Daniel Kinahan's arrest and explore the case the Irish State has built against the alleged cartel leader.

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An Irish criminal who has landed almost 5 years in a US jail for tricking elderly people out of money has hired a celebrity lawyer to help him in his efforts to be transferred back to Ireland.

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about 28-year-old John O’Brien and the lawyer made famous by Netflix.

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Tinder rapist Patrick Nevin will walk free from the Midlands prison this week. The 44-year-old who hunted for victims on the dating app, attacked three women over an 11 day period in July 2014. He will be placed on the Sex Offenders Register.

Nicola talks to Crime World's Pat O’Connell about the sex attacker whom one victim dubbed a ‘monster’. 

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A court date for the hearing in the extradition process for Jonathan Gill wanted in Northern Ireland for the murder of Robbie Lawlor is to be set later this week.

Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about Gill and High Court case which will decide his fate.

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Derek 'Del Boy' Hutch was given a temporary reprieve last week after a judge adjourned his sentence hearing to allow him complete a detox programme.

Niall talks to Crime World News Editor Eimear Rabbitt about Hutch's long list of convictions.

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The arrest of Daniel Kinahan in Dubai has been a seismic moment in the Garda’s relentless pursuit of the Kinahan Cartel across the globe but what exactly is the case that the Irish State have against him?

As he languishes in an Emirati prison when is he likely to be flown back to Ireland to face the Special Criminal Court and what are the reasons that his arrest has taken so long?

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A serial criminal who is accused of being the getaway driver in a botched shooting of a 17-year-old boy is continuing to fight extradition from the UK.

The teenager narrowly escaped with his life after he was shot at point-blank range in Dublin's south-inner city in February 2021.

Niall speaks to Crime World's Ken Foy about how gardaí suspect he was gunned down after being mistaken for another teenager involved in the so-called Sheriff Street vs Pearse Street feud. 

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Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in Dubai on foot of a warrant issued by Irish officials.

The crime boss will now be held in custody in the UAE and will face extradition proceedings.

Niall speaks with Eimear Rabbitt about the dramatic news of the arrest.

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Gardaí claim Brian Grendon has ‘absolute control’ over Ireland’s biggest drugs gang, the couple who have been jailed for cat-napping, the woman who taunted her relative over a miscarriage, and the Pope accused of being 'soft on crime' by Donald Trump.

Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about the stories that caught our readers' eyes on crimeworld.com this week.

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A woman who made headlines when she claimed her lavish lifestyle was funded by working as an escort in Australia was back in court over a bogus passport charge.

Mary Cash was previously targeted by the Criminal Assets Bureau, who claimed her lifestyle was funded by crime proceeds gained for burglaries across Ireland.

Niall speaks to Crime World's Eamon Dillon about how the mum-of-three has now admitted to helping her husband's bid to get a passport under an assumed name.

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Dublin City Council have admitted that Kinahan lieutenant Sean McGovern's former home has been lying derelict for five years due to threats from criminals. The council acquired the Crumlin home in 2021 after it was seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau from McGovern. 

Crime World's Patrick O'Connell tells Niall about how the council say they can't move anyone into the house due to intimidation from criminals.

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Murder suspect Jonathan Gill showed no signs of pressure when he visited Temple Street Children’s Hospital in Dublin to deliver Christmas presents to kids in December.

Gill smiled for the camera as he dropped off the gifts while the PSNI were in the final stages of investigating the murder of mobster Robbie Lawlor.

Niall talks to Crime World's Alan Sherry about Gill's gifts and the PSNI probe.

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A woman who who was deported from the US back to Ireland was then arrested for stealing two hams from a shop in Cork seven years earlier. Ciocolata Munteanu was arrested by ICE agents as she walked from her car to a grocery shop in Los Angeles earlier this year.

Niall talks to Crime World's Patrick O'Connell's about how Ciocolata believes she is the victim of a 'racist' US state.

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They were the brothers who started out as petty criminals before using fear and violence to take control of a large part of west Dublin's drugs trade. Devon and Jason Hennessy were part of a new breed of gangland criminal who rose to prominence as the Kinahan Cartel's iron grip was weakened by their feud with the Hutches.

Niall talks to Eimear Rabbitt about Crime World's new five-part subscriber series Blood Brothers tracing the rise and fall of the Hennessy gang.

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A TikToker has revealed how he has been assaulted and threatened with a gun after posting about a Drogheda gun murder.

Alan Murray’s life has spiralled out of control since he put up the post last year - with his home being attacked by masked hammer-wielding thugs.

Niall talks to Crime World’s Alan Sherry about how Murray is being constantly targeted both online and in person.

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The Spanish investigation into Kinahan money lauderer Johnny Morrissey has been linked to the arrest and deportation of Scottish mob boss Steven Lyons.

Lyons, who was deported from Bali last week, is suspected of using veteran criminal Morrissey to launder millions of euros of drugs money in Spain.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about what the arrest of Lyons could mean for Christy Kinahan Snr and his son Christy Jnr.

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The family of Limerick woman Scarlett Faulkner have said doctors have taken the mum-of-one off her life support machine.

Scarlett has been in Cork University Hospital since she was attacked on the side of the road in Co Tipperary on March 21st.

Niall talks to Crime World's Eamon Dillon about how her heartbroken family have now issued an update on social media saying the doctors made the decision to take her off life support on Sunday afternoon.

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Brenda Spencer is often remembered as one of the first school shooters in American history. Just 16 years old and standing at 5’2”, she was far from a stereotypical suspect. Yet her chilling words - “I don’t like Mondays” would be heard around the world, later inspiring a song by The Boomtown Rats.

Today, Chloe McPolin is joined by the author of I Don’t Like Mondays, N. Leigh Hunt, to discuss his personal connection to the story and how an unlikely teenage shooter became infamous for all the wrong reasons.

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A close associate of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch arrested in Spain in garda corruption probe, Kinahan Cartel's Scottish ally extradited from Bali, and the Irish Travelling Conman jailed in the US.  

Niall speaks to Crime World's Neil Fetherstonhaugh about the stories that caught our readers' eyes this week on crimeworld.com.

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He's the gangland gunman with nine lives who managed to survive a number of hit attempts from the Kinahan Cartel.

James 'Nellie' Walsh fled Ireland three years ago after miraculously surviving two assasination attempts in three months.

Niall talks to Crime World's Ken Foy about how the feuding criminal has been traced to Scotland where he has already ended up before the courts. 

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