UVF hitman says MI5 ran loyalist death gangs

Limerick veteran Christy Keane has been refused bail as the Director of Public Prosecutions seeks for his case to be heard before the Special Criminal Court.The 65-year-old who is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to supply faces 10 years in prison if found guilty.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boss of a Lithuanian mob on the Costa Del Crime is set to go on trial sensationally accused of making hundreds of millions dealing drugs and hiring out a network of hitmen including Imre Arakas, who was arrested in Ireland.Wheelchair-bound Sergejus Beglikas may seem an unlikely mafia boss, but police will say he was a kingpin of Marbella who provided killers for mobs including the Kinahan mafia.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jailed Bill Chawke is to be transferred to an open prison in coming weeks to serve out his sentence for his part in a hotel brawl.His sister Alison who got 12 months in prison for the same incident served just four weeks behind bars.Nicola is talking to Eimear Rabbitt about the siblings who made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murky details of secret meetings, intelligence reports, and allegations that a tip-off on a Regency gunman was ignored have been made by a top solicitor representing a Detective Garda.Nicola speaks to Ali Bracken. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An Irishman has been arrested as part of an investigation into a bizarre assassination plot foiled by an undercover cop who infiltrated a major “violence-as-a-service” network.The 33-year-old from Limerick is in custody in Cyprus, as details emerge of an extraordinary Nordic network using disposable young hitmen.Nicola talks with Eamon Dillon about the story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The jury in the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe has found that the teenager died on the night of his disappearance, meaning that the PSNI’s response to his disappearance did not contribute to his death.  However, the jury did find that police failings impacted on their ability to come to a conclusion in the inquest and found that the Department of Infrastructure “erred” in its management of the culvert in which the teenager died.  But it also found that it was not probable that the Department’s management of the culvert more than minimally contributed to Noah’s death.  They were unable to explain Noah’s behaviour on the day he went missing because the evidence was insufficient to enable them to reach a conclusion.   14-year-old Noah’s body was discovered in north Belfast six days after he went missing as he cycled to meet friends.  Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Belfast Telegraph’s Liam Tunney, who has been in court throughout the inquest.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A boxing manager linked to Daniel Kinahan for more than two decades took to the ring in Croke Park on the night of Katie Taylor's epic final fight.Anthony Fitzpatrick was named in the High Court in October 2022 as a ‘close associate’ of the mob boss, a founding member of the original MGM boxing club in Marbella and had at one point run MTK from a Kinahan-owned house later seized by the CAB in Dublin.Nicola and Niall talk about Fitzpatrick and how his presence on Katie’s big night raises concerns for the sport. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dutch cocaine kingpin Bolle Jos has been named as Europe’s biggest supplier after being linked to a string of multi-tonne cocaine seizures.Living in Sierra Leone, where he is reportedly in a relationship with the President’s daughter, Jos has found sanctuary in a corrupt African country with no extradition treaty with Europe.So how will Dutch authorities get their man? And will they send special forces to grab him from the secure compound where he lives with his partner, Agnes Bio? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 A UVF hitman has said loyalist death squads were run by MI5, and he is willing to tell a peace and reconciliation process all about it. Paul Beattie was once one of the most active gunmen for the UVF in Belfast in the 1990s. Niall speaks to Steven Moore about Beattie's past and how it weighs heavily on him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Synthetic cannabis vapes are causing a wave of psychiatric problems among Irish teens, including drug-induced psychosis. Niall talks to Crime World's Denise Smith about the hidden dangers of HHC vapes and how they are still being sold under the counter despite a ban.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.