Crime World

A 53-year-old woman who was caught dealing cocaine as part of a UVF drugs investigation has controversially been nominated for a Volunteer of the Year award.

Niall talks to Crime World's Stephen Moore about Maggie Hutton's bizarre nomination and why she is an unlikely drug dealer.

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A former girlfriend of exiled hitman James ‘Nellie’ Walsh has claimed she feared for her family’s life after their break up.

Walsh was forced to flee Ireland for Scotland in 2023 after surviving two attempts on his life in six months.

Niall talks to Crime World’s Eimear Rabbitt about how the west Dublin criminal has continued to cause chaos in his new home.

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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 Rabbitt about how the inmate was attacked after being blamed for contraband from a drone drop controlled by the Hennessy gang.

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Documentary maker Alan Bradley is set to delve into three of Ireland’s biggest and most dramatic drug seizures in a new series, Busted, which begins tonight.

Nicola talks to Alan about crystal meth, a cocaine mothership, and a mishap which left a dealer clinging to a bail of contraband in the Irish Sea.

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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 has he said about his journey into the dark heart of the Scottish underworld?

This episode is produced by Jenny Friel.

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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 about Rex Ryan's one-man show, how he captures Joey's story, and what inspired her to write The Witness all those years ago.

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Cartel boss Sean McGovern is taking a case against the Irish Prison Service saying the nature of his incarceration is damaging for his mental health.

The man described as Daniel Kinahan’s number two is taking a judicial review as he believes there is no reason he cannot mix with the general prison population and isn’t happy with where he is currently housed.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald.

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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 again in court on Monday at the Special Criminal Court where his trial is soon to get underway.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald.

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A security breach is under investigation in Portlaoise Prison after Daniel Kinahan managed to speak to his former landing mate Ali Mazidi in hospital.

Kinahan was in the gym with Mazidi last month when the Iranian took a heart attack, the alleged Cartel boss helped keep him alive as medical assistance arrived.

Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the phone call and how it happened.

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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 their convictions.

Anthony Hickey, Fabio Vincente, and Matin Zolfaghari argue that their victim should not have given evidence behind a screen and say the judge erred is his charge to the jury.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the case and the grounds of appeal.

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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 screened over Halloween.

Dr Cassidy goes back in time to 1711 when eight women living in the close knit community of Islandmagee were accused of witch-craft, tried, jailed and stoned.

Nicola talks with Marie about the fascinating story and the modern investigative skills she brought with her to tell it.

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Sharon Lynn and Brian Gallagher both had their lives turned upside down in a second when they lost a brother to separate, violent, unprovoked one-punch attacks.

Today, Niall talks to Sharon and Brian about their campaign for changes in sentencing and why they believe we can learn from Australia's Coward Punch initiative.

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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 Costa Blanca heard the 74-year-old was arrested in a villa with ketamine, cocaine and marijuana along with a firearm.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the pensioner and what trouble he faces in Spain.

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Christa Pike has spent 30 years on Tennessee's death row and last month made international headlines when her execution by lethal injection was botched.

Her life is a story of childhood abuse, a brutal murder, and how claims of Satanism led to her conviction.

Eamon Dillon speaks to documentary maker Steve Payne, who was part of a crew that interviewed her shortly after she was sentenced to death in 1995.

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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 originally from Clondalkin in Dublin, killed his wife Debbie, 30, and sons Trevor, nine, and seven-year-old Killian, in July 2001.

It is understood the killer was moved to Shelton Abbey in Co Wicklow this summer as part of his sentence management set out by the Parole Board.

Crime World's Caoimhe Young talks to Criminal Justice academic Clare Laxton about Fox and his move to Shelton Abbey.

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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 ago.

Kurt Ryan pleaded guilty in relation to the murder of Lee Slattery, who was shot twice at close range and buried in a shallow grave in Limerick in 2010.

Ryan smirked as a court heard he’d pleaded guilty to lesser charges after originally going on trial for murder.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald.

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Gangland killer Nicky McConnell has vowed revenge after an innocent female relative was wrongly targeted in a case of drug debt intimidation.

McConnell wants to identify who threw a petrol bomb destroying the car of his associate mistakingly believed to owe money.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about McConnell.

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The partner of jailed Hennessey brother Jason Hennessey Jnr has been refused an application to have two motorbikes seized by gardaí returned to her.

Kayleigh McEntee claimed the bikes had been gifted to her partner by his murdered father and said she now needed to sell them to buy Christmas presents.

Hennessey Jnr is serving an eight-and-a-half-year sentence for his role in the kidnap and torture of Barry Moore.

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Two people appear in court after Waterford City buries its dead - a family killed as debate rages over the increase in drug debt intimidation.

So what is the state of the criminal underworld where life is cheap and money is king?

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about a cultural shift which is shocking the nation.

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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.

Sabrina Kehoe was free to murder Darren Quigley after being allowed to walk out of court despite admitting to breaking into his house and attacking his sleeping girlfriend.

Niall talks to to Crime World’s Patrick O’Connell about Kehoe’s violent past and the devastation she has left behind.

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