Podcaster James English has been convicted of a string of domestic violence offences against an ex-partner. A court has heard he pulled hair, pushed and kicked his pregnant girlfriend who he met on social media.

English has promised to release a lengthy interview with Daniel Kinahan recorded while he was in Al Awir prison awaiting extradition to Ireland.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about English.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A National Museum worker accused of storing a semtex bomb that was later intercepted while being transported near the border has been granted bail.

Simon O’Donovan took the explosive device from his workplace at Collins Barracks museum in Dublin and handed it over to a woman, law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan who was stopped with it in her car in Co. Monaghan later that day, it is alleged.

Both have now being granted bail by the High Court despite objections of Gardai.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the accused bombers and their alleged crime.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A home seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau from criminal Edward ‘Blondie’ Stokes has been vandalised and sprayed with messages that it is a ‘family’ home.

Nicola with Eamon Dillon about the sale of the Longford property and the current condition of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A unique immersive play put on by recovering addicts attending the Soilse service in Dublin is a disturbing but powerful reflection of the effects of drug use and addiction on individuals and their wider families.

However, the theatrical performance which takes place over the course of a journey from Dublin’s Blessington Basin to a mock up crack den also brings a message of hope from those recovering from addition.

Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the play and the stories told within it. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CAB target Patrick Stokes has been arrested in Australia and charged with the murder of his wife Annemarie O’Reilly.

Stokes who led a crime gang in Waterford before moving to Melbourne was near the scene when police discovered the body of Annemarie in the presence of her three year old son.

Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the arrest.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second-last funeral of the M9 crash teens has been held and mourners heard that what happened was wrong and during which prayers were offered up to the innocent family injured.

Jeremy 'Bobbles' O’Brien was the fourth teen to be laid to rest after the crash, which has horrified the country and placed the focus on the so-called Lucky Dip gangs.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inmate Brendan Gahan will be laid to rest this week after his brutal murder behind bars has led to an investigation focusing on his cellmate.

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the death of Gahan and other terrifying killings inside the prison system.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conor McGregor is sued by a businessman over a tweet, Drogheda gangster raps about Owen Maguire's shooting, and a garda officer is charged with soliciting someone to murder a woman and her three kids.

Niall talks to Crime World reporter Neil Fetherstonhaugh about the stories that caught our readers' attention this week.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fall of Celtic Tiger poster boy Marcus Sweeney has been completed as the Companies Office shows the only business in his name has been struck off and dissolved.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about Sweeney and his rise and spectacular fall from Maserati driving playboy to the dole queue.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cartel number 2 Sean McGovern has issued proceedings against the Governor of Portlaoise Prison and the Minister for Justice in what is believed to be a complaint about the conditions in which he is held.

McGovern was arrested in October 2024 in Dubai, returned to Ireland in May 2025, and earlier this year pleaded guilty to directing a criminal organisation.

He got 24 years but he remains in custody on the A block despite numerous requests to move in with his mob pal Peadar Keating on the C block.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A kidnap and attack on a man accused of stealing drugs from a violent outfit linked to The Family gang was relayed in a Criminal Assets Bureau case against one of the accused.

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Jamie Geoghegan and evidence heard against him.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.