Crime World

It’s arguably the most controversial stage show in Irish theatre but should we be morally outraged by Rex Ryan’s production The Monk or should we simply view it as a piece of art?Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about The Monk, the play that everyone is talking about.

A man has been jailed for 15 years for helping the McCarthy-Dundon gang murder a rival in Limerick at the height of their feud nearly two decades ago.Darragh Quinlivan had lived in the US and later in Manchester in the UK in the years after the murder of Noel Campion but a cold case investigation led to his guilty pleas for weapons charges and organised crime offences.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Quinlivan and his long journey to the dock.

Seamus Culleton made headlines across the globe when he described the ICE detention centre he was being held in as a modern day concentration camp. But sympathy for the Kilkenny-native started to evaporate after he emerged he had been facing drugs charges when he left Ireland for the US in 2009.Niall talks to Nicola about how Seamus' publicity campaign has backfired.

Sex and drug shame councillor Sean McKiernan has been disqualified from acting as a director of any company for a five-year period.The 44-year-old former Fine Gael councillor, who is in jail after pleading guilty to stealing more than €170k from a housing charity, has now been hit with the disqualification order until December 2030 in his latest fall from grace.

A former UVF man who Mark ‘Hannibal’ Haddock tried to stab to death has claimed in an interview that he is a former member of the IRA.Terry Fairfield, who now runs a bar in the UK, claims he was in both organisations and is adamant that nobody suggested a conflict of interest.Nicola speaks to Steven Moore about Fairfield, his claims and the spectre of Haddock’s return to Belfast.

Suspected serial killer Larry Murphy is being looked at again in relation to the disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob after searches begin at a quarry near his former Baltinglass home in County Wicklow.Nicola speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about a dig which has followed reports of suspicious activity at the isolated site.

A cruel killer who beat a Dublin mum to death with a lump hammer before trying to claim provocation has taken his first steps to freedom.John O'Neill has spent the last 22 years in prison for the savage murder of shop owner Rosemary Dowling, but is now getting temporary release to attend an adult education course.Niall speaks to Crime World's Patrick O'Connell about how O'Neill was keeping tight-lipped when we asked him about his crimes.

The Criminal Assets Bureau have taken a case against former Real IRA thug Nathan Kinsella.The unemployed terrorist who lives in a plush south county Dublin mansion and who spent time in prison for tax offences is being targeted in relation to three cars identified by the Bureau.Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the case.

State witness Joey O’Callaghan is coming under increasing pressure as gangland killer Brian Kenny enjoys temporary release from prison.As a movie about Joey’s life and incredible story gets under way, his success is being overshadowed by the imminent freedom of the man who groomed him as a child and physically and sexually abused him as he schooled him in crime.So where does Kenny go on his days of freedom and how does Joey cope with the mental torture of the ticking clock?