Crime World

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Crime World with Nicola Tallant is a weekly podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld.

  • 45 minutes 43 seconds
    Episode 873: Q&A - The Monk’s special requests, luxury watches, and sympathy for criminals
    Today we are letting you set the agenda as we answer your questions about everything from cocaine to the Kinahan Organised Crime Group. 

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    7 February 2025, 6:00 am
  • 16 minutes 41 seconds
    Episode 872: Gang linked to Waldron brothers targeted by Gardai after €14 million drug seizure

    A €14 million drug bust sees gardaí target a west Dublin crime outfit linked to the notorious Waldron brothers, who were both subject to proceeds of crime cases by the Criminal Assets Bureau.


    Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the relentless pursuit of the big crime gangs and how gardaí plan to dismantle them.


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    6 February 2025, 4:15 pm
  • 36 minutes 8 seconds
    Episode 871: Thomas Wall named as young leader of prolific burglary gang

    A 26 year old is described as a leader of an organised crime gang as a second generation of a prolific burglary mob come before the courts.


    Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the Wall Berry mob and their predecessors the Cock-Wall gang.


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    6 February 2025, 6:00 am
  • 17 minutes 42 seconds
    Episode 870: Home of witness who gave evidence against Dundon brothers firebombed in Limerick

    A terrifying firebomb attack near the home of a witness who gave evidence against the Dundon brothers highlights the ongoing issues for Limerick in a gang war that rumbles on.


    Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the complex relations and fallouts that have left a legacy in a city that hoped that violence was a thing of the past.


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    5 February 2025, 6:55 pm
  • 18 minutes 10 seconds
    Episode 869: Portlaoise Prison bosses ask Nathan McDonnell to help with gardening project

    Crystal meth convict Nathan McDonnell is being asked for help with a business plan in Portlaoise Prison, where bosses believe his skills can help them create a viable gardening wing at the high security prison.


    Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the former Kerry garden centre owner turned inmate.


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    5 February 2025, 6:00 am
  • 12 minutes 25 seconds
    Episode 868: Liam Byrne's phone and internet history to be tracked for next five years

    Criminal Liam Byrne is to have his phones monitored for five years as part of a Serious Crime Prevention Order served on him in the UK.


    Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Byrne and his ban from encrypted phones, messaging apps, and even deleting his browsing history.


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    4 February 2025, 5:59 pm
  • 24 minutes 49 seconds
    Episode 867: Supergrass Raffaele Imperiale details extent of Daniel Kinahan's influence in Dubai

    Super cartel super grass Raffaele Imperiale has given detailed information to investigators about Daniel Kinahan's influence in the United Arab Emirates and his role as a director general of some of the world’s biggest crime bosses.


    Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the latest information which places Kinahan as an underworld boss just beneath Dubai royalty.


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    4 February 2025, 6:00 am
  • 15 minutes 6 seconds
    Episode 866: How drug lord Michael McDonagh caught unwanted attention from CAB with his flashy jeep

    A dad of-seven caught the attention of Gardaí by driving around in a ‘stand-out’ truck - despite being on the dole for all of his adult life.


    Michael McDonagh attracted the attention of investigators after spending €44k on the Toyota Hi-Lux truck in his hometown of Ennis, Co Clare.


    Niall speaks to the Sunday World’s Eamon Dillon about how Gardaí believe McDonagh made a small fortune from the drugs trade.


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    3 February 2025, 7:14 pm
  • 41 minutes 14 seconds
    Episode 865: The truth behind Allison Morris' interview with IRA bomber Dolours Price

    Hit Disney drama Say Nothing tells the story of radical republican sisters, Marian and Dolours Price, who bombed the Old Bailey and spent years in prison where they were force-fed yet doggedly determined to stand up for their cause. 


    Towards the end of her life, when Dolours had turned her back on the IRA and its leader Gerry Adams, she picked up the phone and left a message for journalist Allison Morris saying she wanted to talk to her about the Disappeared and her life within the Provos. 


    Nicola speaks to Allison about her depiction in the drama and about the real-life events that led to her coming face to face with Price in the most memorable interview of her career.  


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    3 February 2025, 6:00 am
  • 26 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 864: Sons of Fat Freddie Thompson and Jason Hennessy Snr sentenced for separate offences

    This week saw the sons of high-profile criminals, Fat Freddie Thompson and Jason Hennessy Snr, sentenced for their roles in two separate crimes.

     

    Brad Dempsey was handed down 8 years behind bars for a shooting in 2022, while Brandon Hennessy received a suspended sentence for a 2021 drug offence.

     

    Clodagh Meaney speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about growing up around criminality, how the justice system treats youth offending and the two young men who followed their fathers into crime.


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    1 February 2025, 5:00 am
  • 25 minutes
    Episode 863: The bizarre unravelling of a Grandmother’s 28-year-long pension fraud

    A 73-year-old grandmother who was jailed for theft and larceny has walked free after just six weeks behind bars.


    Margaret Bergin claimed over €270,000 from social welfare in the name of her deceased father in law who died in 1993.


    She was discovered in 2022 when welfare officers came to her home and found her husband in bed, pretending to be the frail 110-year-old.


    Clodagh Meaney speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about fraudsters and the lengths people go to for cash.



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    31 January 2025, 6:00 am
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