Episodes

  • Gerry Hutch's controversial campaign trail
    May 7 2026

    Gerry Hutch is on the campaign trail and already sparking controversy with remarks about illegal immigrants which have been called ‘racist’ and Trump-like.

    Nicola talks with Niall Donald about 'The Monk' and a rocky start to his bid for the Dáil.

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    22 mins
  • Colombia's president says Daniel Kinahan is part of group controlling world's cocaine trade
    May 6 2026

    Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro has claimed that Daniel Kinahan sits on a ‘Board of Directors’ of international narco traffickers who control the world’s cocaine trade.

    Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the remarks which suggest that Dubai in the headquarters of what he calls the Junta Directiva Del Narcotráfico.

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    20 mins
  • Ex-UFC fighter shows support for "friend" Daniel Kinahan
    May 6 2026

    Former UFC fighter Darren Till extended his support to his “friend” Daniel Kinahan during a recent podcast appearance.

    Till, who was previously represented by the cartel boss, spoke out following Daniel's arrest in Dubai last month.

    Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Daniel Kinahan and how his crimes have seeped into the world of boxing.


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    12 mins
  • Katie Simpson murder review exposes 'institutional misogyny' in PSNI
    May 5 2026

    A review into the murder of 21-year-old showjumper Katie Simpson has exposed ‘institutional misogyny’ within the PSNI and total failure to follow policing procedures in the case of her death.

    Killer Jonathan Creswell almost got away with murder when he presented Katie to hospital in Derry saying he had found her hanging.

    But months later, a second investigation team arrested and charged him before the courts.

    Nicola speaks with Jenny Friel about the 200-page report and its damning conclusions.

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    36 mins
  • The murder of Ana Kriegel: Ireland’s youngest killers
    May 5 2026

    In May 2018,14-year-old Ana Kriegel was reported missing by her parents to the Gardai. After an intensive three-day search, her battered and naked body was found in a derelict farmhouse, a short walk from her home in Lucan, West Dublin.

    Thirteen months later, two 14-year-old boys, only ever known as Boy A and Boy B, were found guilty of Ana's murder. They remain the youngest people in Ireland to have ever been convicted of murder. Jenny Friel speaks with Crime World's Caoimhe Young about what could have led these children to commit such a heinous crime.

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    20 mins
  • Runaway Joe: murder, hidden identity, and a six-decade manhunt
    May 4 2026

    Journalist Pavel Barter could have never imagined the tale he would uncover when he started looking into one of the FBI's coldest cases.

    But the story of killer Joseph Maloney took him from the US right into the heart of Ireland and its fledgling movie industry to an unlikely love story and into the mind of a cold killer who poisoned his wife then reinvented himself.

    Nicola speaks to Pavel about his new book Runaway Joe and the podcast that has proceeded it.

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    59 mins
  • Sean McGovern pleads for lesser sentence - how many years will he get?
    May 1 2026

    Sean McGovern carried a Sudoku puzzle book and a copy of George Orwell's 1984 as he appeared in court and made his case for a reduced sentence.

    The Kinahan lieutenant was described as 'a caring and generous' father in court as he was allowed introduce references on his behalf.

    Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about McGovern's demeanor in court and the sentence he is likely to receive.

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    23 mins
  • The Brat Pack - from street dealers to Kinahan cartel royalty
    May 1 2026

    They were the gang of young men who started off as street dealers but went on to become key figures in the Kinahan Cartel's transnational crime operation.

    Forged in the Crumlin/Drimnagh feud, the crew which included infamous criminals like Liam Byrne and Sean McGovern would experience the highs and lows of life as a gangster.

    Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about Crime World’s new three-part subscriber only series, The Brat Pack, tracing how eight young men from Dublin's south inner-city rose to the top of the criminal underworld.

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    18 mins