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The gangster’s moll involved in the feud-linked murder of Jamie Tighe-Ennis

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A former gangster's moll Ciara Mahony has pleaded guilty to her role in the murder of Jamie Tighe-Ennis, admitting that she met and spoke with him on the night he was shot dead.

Mahony is due to be sentenced in the coming weeks for facilitating the murder of Ennis, who was shot dead in 2017.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Mahony and the gangland men in her past.

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