Crime World

A phone call from a prison cell, a story of redemption and a journey into the unknown.Nicola speaks to Crime World Producer Ian Maleney about our new podcast The Gambler which tells the story of Pat Sheedy a successful businessman drawn into crime by an unstoppable gambling addiction.We discuss our own experience with a man who ended up in a top security prison through an endless series of frauds and deceptions and who now claims to have turned his life around. But has he?

A man who set a Garda car on fire during the Dublin riots has landed a six and a half year jail term despite pleading guilty to arson and criminal damage.Declan Donaghey apologised to the Government but a Judge said she didn’t accept that he acted in a moment of madness.As he was led away the 28 year old shouted scumbags at Gardai and supporters were removed by the public order unit.Nicola speaks to Eimear Rabbitte about the sentence.

Gardai have released 99 images of people they want to identify from last years Dublin riots.In an unprecedented move they have collated the CCTV stills of those caught up in the city centre mayhem in the hope of finding out who they are.Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitte about the appeal and about her memories of the night the capital was brought to a standstill.

In the second part of our reporting on Day 9 of the case against Conor McGregor and his friend James Lawrence who are accused of rape we hear the closing statements given on behalf of the plaintiff Nikita Hand who says she was raped by both men in a Dublin hotel in 2018.Both have denied the allegations and said they had consensual sex with her. The jury will be directed today by Justice Alexander Owens who has indicated that they will have two questions to answer by a civil balance of probability and that they will have a number of different compensation options available should they find in her favour.Nicola speaks with Clodagh Meaney who has been covering the trial.

The closing statements have been made to the jury in the case of Nikita Hand who is suing UFC star Conor McGregor and his friend James Lawrence claiming both raped her in the Beacon Hotel in Dublin in 2018.Both deny the allegations and claim they had consensual sex with her. After an almost two-week trial counsel for the pair summed up their cases to the jury.Clodagh Meaney was there to hear their closing statements. This is part one of today’s proceedings.

In the final part of our interview with election candidate and veteran criminal Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, we discuss his political ambitions, how he hopes to follow in the footsteps of legendary TD Tony Gregory, and how he wants to shake up business as usual in Leinster House.

In Part Two of our three-part interview with election candidate and veteran criminal Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, we discuss his childhood in the constituency he now hopes to represent, his first experiences with the criminal justice system, and his transformation from street criminal to the Gardaí's number one target in organised crime.

In Part One of our three part interview with election candidate and veteran criminal Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, we discuss the roots of the feud, coming face to face with Daniel Kinahan and the moment the gunmen came for him on the island of Lanzarote.As Hutch formally becomes an election candidate, we talk through the turbulent years leading up to his trial for murder at the Special Criminal Court which ended last year when he was found not guilty.