The Kinahans

The Irish Sun

  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    In Pursuit of Justice | 8

    This episode we look to Dubai, the case of Tori Towey and the skewed concept of justice there which has seen the Kinahans flourish.


    This is the story of the Kinahans’ impending downfall, of why even their criminal partners would relish the arrest of Daniel.


    We go back to the beginning of his boxing foray, and a chat with the man hunting Daniel down for $10million.


    We look at how the Tyson Fury links killed off his boxing dream - but is Daniel Kinahan still lurking in the shadows?

    In the case of Daniel's father, we hear of the Dapper Don’s dreams of a life outside of crime as a respectable man, and how his eldest son put a bullet in that.


    And we look at Europe’s cocaine problem, and how the demand has created opportunities for the Kinahans law enforcement wouldn’t have dreamed of a few years ago.



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    18 February 2026, 12:01 am
  • 37 minutes 22 seconds
    Order Restored | 7

    In this episode, we look at the dramatic fall of ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh - the hard man who broke down with a panic attack when UK cops nailed him on drug offences.


    Back in Ireland, this episode focuses on the final two feud murders in 2018.


    And we hear of the dramatic secret police mission to spring a relative from jail to ensure one of the funerals was held.


    One top detective describes the Daniel Kinahan he knows, as we introduce the scene in Ireland now, where the Kinahans have been reduced to drugs wholesalers.



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    18 February 2026, 12:00 am
  • 44 minutes 43 seconds
    Friends to Foes | 6

    They were once inseparable as they gorged on the proceeds of their criminal empires - the Hutches, Kinahans, Byrnes.


    But when David Byrne was killed in 2016 at the Regency, Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh came back from the UK to help his Cartel colleagues wage war on the Hutches.


    In this episode we go back to 2001 when the young Liam and David Byrne were central characters in the brutal Drimnagh/Crumlin feud, a drugs war between former friends which claimed 16 lives.


    We hear from a former associate of the Byrnes and Kinahans who pours doubt on the levels of their brutality - could it all be a misunderstanding?


    We see the seeds of a Kinahan/Byrne split as the State takes down the Byrnes and paranoia runs rife - putting the spotlight on the insidious villain James ‘Jaws’ Byrne, the family patriarch who refused to sanction peace.


    And why Daniel Kinahan could find no place for his old pal Liam Byrne in his new life in Dubai.



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    11 February 2026, 12:01 am
  • 30 minutes 58 seconds
    The Quartermaster | 5

    When an unknown middle aged man was spotted in the Kinahan Cartel uniform at David Byrne's funeral, it wasn’t a case of who’s who - but who’s he?


    Standing alongside known criminals of the gang, wearing the same black and blue kit, this man, who had been invisible before, was now on the Gardaí's radar.


    But who was this Mr Nobody?

    In time, his defiance and stupidity would bring down the Kinahans’ plan to unleash a massacre on the first anniversary of the Regency.

    And topple the gang’s top man in the UK.


    This is the story of the Greenogue weapons seizure, and the extraordinary double life of a jobless trucker who lured his wife, brother and lover into his criminal orbit- Mr Nobody, Declan Brady.



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    11 February 2026, 12:00 am
  • 45 minutes 38 seconds
    Killing Patsy | 4

    Patsy Hutch was also at the very top of the Cartel kill list - but unfortunately for Daniel Kinahan, by the time it came to taking him out all his best men were in prison.


    We meet the many men hired with the tasks of trying to murder the Monk's brother- addicts, emotionally damaged, mentally unstable men unsuitable for the jobs they were given.


    Garda tapes take us inside the minds of idiots, hired by Dubai bosses to do the dirtiest of gangland work.




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    4 February 2026, 12:01 am
  • 50 minutes 47 seconds
    Professional Assassin | 3

    James ‘Mago’ Gately was a man the Kinahan Cartel desperately wanted - so much so that they went for an overseas hitman to take down the Hutch gang boss.


    This episode tells the story of Imre Arakas and his one day in Dublin as a free man, unaware that Gardaí were following his every move across the city.


    The Cartel would go again at Mago, refusing to let him off the hook.


    And we hear of another botched hit, as Garda wire taps take listeners inside a dopey hit team hired to take out Michael Frazer - a man dubbed ‘Mickey Nine Lives’ after surviving several assassin’s bullets.




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    4 February 2026, 12:00 am
  • 46 minutes 5 seconds
    Kill or Be Killed | 2

    Episode 2 tells the story of hopeless drug addict Michael Carroll and his desperate bids to have his €40,000 Kinahan debt written off.


    We hear how the criminal pursed innocent targets connected to the Hutch family- the Monk's innocent brother, Johnny Hutch, and family relative through marriage, Eddie Staunton.


    He took extreme lengths to try and work off his debt.


    And on the other side, we hear from Robert Cullen, a man who lived a chaotic life even before becoming a violent drug dealer for another criminal gang, not connected to the Kinahans.


    He explains why a suicide attempt resulted in a brutal ultimatum from criminals to whom he owed €70,000 - was he willing to murder to wipe his slate clean?



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    28 January 2026, 12:01 am
  • 53 minutes 17 seconds
    The End? | 1

    In the three years following US sanctions and a $15million collective bounty on their heads, the Dapper Don and his sons have managed to thrive.

    Christy Senior, Daniel and Christopher Jr’s wealth has only grown despite being locked out of any legitimate industry.

    How have they managed it?


    Episode 1 introduces the Kinahan’s work with terror groups, rogue states and international drugs gangs - just as Donald Trump turns the screw on the Cartels.


    We take a look at the lives in gilded exile in Dubai, an existence that is anything but peaceful in 2026 as Daniel in particular lives in fear of the law which is ready to pounce.


    In stark contrast to their transnational successes, we examine how the Irish State began to dismantle the OCG at home from 2016, one failed Hutch hit at a time.


    Reconstructed Garda tapes deliver a fascinating insight into the work of the Cartel’s Irish sub cells employed to wage war on the Hutch faction from the gang’s Dubai HQ.


    With contributions from senior detectives, gangsters, FBI, US Treasury, and News Ireland journalists.




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    28 January 2026, 12:00 am
  • 3 minutes 8 seconds
    Coming next week: Kinahans Downfall

    IN the decade since the murder of gangland figure David Byrne at Dublin’s Regency Hotel, the Kinahan Cartel’s international business has only grown bigger.

    But while the Dubai-based gangsters continue to grow their global cocaine and money laundering ops, a series of devastating setbacks has left Daniel Kinahan living in fear.


    The Kinahans podcast told the story of Cartel’s rise into a global drugs behemoth under the stewardship of the Dapper Don, Christy Kinahan.

    By 2022, all of that was supposed to be coming to an end.



    Kinahans Downfall takes up the story of the Irish mob’s unlikely growth in the face of crippling US sanctions and a collective $15million bounty on the heads of Christy Snr, and his sons Daniel and Christopher Jr.


    But while their lucrative alliances with Iran, Hezbollah and the South American drugs cartels put them at the very front and centre of transnational crime, their Irish operations have been devastated.


    Using reconstructed garda wire taps, this podcast goes to the heart of the State blitz on a mob which waged war on the streets from 2016 to 2018.

    A crackdown that saw its woefully unsuitable kill teams - directed from Dubai - taken down one by one.


    The mob’s international exploits masked its unravelling at home - but as we enter 2026 it’s become painfully clear to its leadership that dramatic change is afoot.

    In Ireland, the DPP could push the button at any time on charges against Daniel Kinahan which would see him extradited back home.


    With America on the rampage against cartels, it’s never been more dangerous to be in the transnational narco business.

    And Dubai, for so long the harbourer of crime lords, has finally run out of patience with its guests.


    Is 2026 the year it all comes crashing down?


    Kinahans Downfall starts January 28 2026 on all podcast platforms.

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    21 January 2026, 12:00 am
  • 51 minutes 33 seconds
    A Self-fulfilling Prophecy | 10

    As The Kinahan’s structures and key members begin to fall in a post-sanctions world, we ask some questions on our series finale… Where on earth are Christy and his two sons? How long can they stay on the run? And what comes next for Irish gangland…


    The Kinahans is brought to you by The Irish Sun. This series was written and produced by UrbanMedia. 



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    28 June 2023, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Supergrass | 9

    The 52 day trial of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch begins in the Special Criminal Court, but not before a huge plot twist happens in the eleventh hour. Jonathan Dowdall turns state, and brings a new Hollywood dimension to the “trial of the century”, as the court hears the in’s and outs of the pair's bugged trip up North.


    The Kinahans is brought to you by The Irish Sun. This series was written and produced by UrbanMedia.



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    21 June 2023, 6:00 am
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