Crime World

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.