Coke dealer linked to UVF is nominated for Volunteer Of The Year award
A 53-year-old woman who was caught dealing cocaine as part of a UVF drugs investigation has controversially been nominated for a Volunteer o...
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Crime World, with Nicola Tallant, is a weekly Irish podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld. Discussing the real stories, and the real people, behind the grisly headlin...
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Hitman James ‘Nellie’ Walsh's ex reveals threats
A former girlfriend of exiled hitman James ‘Nellie’ Walsh has claimed she feared for her family’s life after their break up. Walsh was force...
Mountjoy inmate slashed with shivs after being blamed for Hennessy gang drone theft
A prisoner needed 120 stitches to his face after being slashed with shivs in his cell in Mountjoy jail. Niall talks to Crime World’s Eimear...
Busted: the untold story of Ireland’s biggest drug busts
Documentary maker Alan Bradley is set to delve into three of Ireland’s biggest and most dramatic drug seizures in a new series, Busted, whic...
Who was 'The Wee Man' Scotland's most notorious gangster Paul Ferris?
He is one of Scotland’s most notorious gangsters with a colourful yet incredibly violent past. So who was Paul ‘The Wee Man’ Ferris and what...
The Witness brought to life in Rex Ryan's one-man play
The story of gangland witness Joey O'Callaghan has made it to the stage where it's already getting rave reviews. Niall speaks to Nicola abou...
Sean McGovern says solitary confinement is damaging his mental health
Cartel boss Sean McGovern is taking a case against the Irish Prison Service saying the nature of his incarceration is damaging for his menta...
Kerry man charged over €32m crystal meth seizure denies directing criminal organisation
James Leen has pleaded not guilty to charges relating to a €32 million seizure of crystal meth at Cork Port. The Kerry native will appear ag...
Prison launches investigation after Daniel Kinahan put on call to alleged major drug trafficker
A security breach is under investigation in Portlaoise Prison after Daniel Kinahan managed to speak to his former landing mate Ali Mazidi in...
Gang rapists argue victim shouldn't have been allowed to give evidence behind screen
Three men convicted of raping a woman lured from a Dublin nightclub to a car and later brought to a house in South Dublin are appealing thei...
Dr Marie Cassidy explores Ireland's last witch trial
The horrors of Ireland’s last witch trial will be brought to life by former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy in a new documentary to be sc...
‘Coward punch’: Families of one-punch attack victims campaign for sentencing changes
Sharon Lynn and Brian Gallagher both had their lives turned upside down in a second when they lost a brother to separate, violent, unprovoke...
John Gilligan facing over 11 years in prison after allegedly running drug lab in Spanish villa
Veteran criminal John Gilligan is facing more than 11 years in prison for drug and gun charges. An indictment presented to a court in the Co...
Killer Christa Pike and her botched execution
Christa Pike has spent 30 years on Tennessee's death row and last month made international headlines when her execution by lethal injection...
Should family killer Gregory Fox be allowed move to an open prison?
Gregory Fox, who brutally murdered his wife and two sons has been moved to an open prison as he gets one step closer to freedom. Fox, who is...
Man pleads guilty over 2010 murder of Lee Slattery who was ‘wrongly singled out’ by gang
A man once branded Ireland’s most dangerous teenager is finally ready to face justice for the murder of a harmless addict committed 16 years...
Kinahan hitman goes ‘absolutely ballistic’ after innocent female relative’s car is firebombed
Gangland killer Nicky McConnell has vowed revenge after an innocent female relative was wrongly targeted in a case of drug debt intimidation...
Judge blocks bid to sell motorbikes seized from Hennessey family home for ‘Christmas presents’
The partner of jailed Hennessey brother Jason Hennessey Jnr has been refused an application to have two motorbikes seized by gardaí returned...
Two people appear in court over Waterford arson attack
Two people appear in court after Waterford City buries its dead - a family killed as debate rages over the increase in drug debt intimidatio...
Carlow woman who stabbed her ex-partner to death had violent history
A woman who stabbed her ex-partner to death while serving a suspended sentence for a pickaxe attack on his partner has been jailed for life....