Crime World

They were the brothers who started out as petty criminals before using fear and violence to take control of a large part of West Dublin's drugs trade. Devon and Jason Hennessy were part of a new breed of gangland criminal who rose to prominence as the Kinahan Cartel's iron grip was weakened by their feud with the Hutch's.

Niall talks to Eimear Rabbitt about Crime World's new five-part subscriber series Blood Brothers tracing the rise and fall of the Hennessy gang.
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A TikToker has revealed how he has been assaulted and threatened with a gun after posting about a Drogheda gun murder.
Alan Murray’s life has spiralled out of control since he put up the post last year - with his home being attacked by masked hammer-wielding thugs.
Niall talks to Crime World’s Alan Sherry about how Murray is being constantly targeted both online and in person.

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The Spanish investigation into Kinahan money lauderer Johnny Morrissey has been linked to the arrest and deportation of Scottish mob boss Steven Lyons.
Lyons, who was deported from Bali last week, is suspected of using veteran criminal Morrissey to launder millions of euros of drugs money in Spain.
Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about what the arrest of Lyons could mean for Christy Kinahan Snr and his son Christy Jnr.
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The family of Limerick woman Scarlett Faulkner have said doctors have taken the mum-of-one off her life support machine.
Scarlett has been in Cork University Hospital since she was attacked on the side of the road in Co Tipperary on March 21st.
Niall talks to Crime World's Eamon Dillon about how her heartbroken family have now issued an update on social media saying the doctors made the decision to take her off life support on Sunday afternoon.

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Brenda Spencer is often remembered as one of the first school shooters in American history. Just 16 years old and standing at 5’2”, she was far from a stereotypical suspect. Yet her chilling words - “I don’t like Mondays” would be heard around the world, later inspiring a song by The Boomtown Rats.
Today, Chloe McPolin is joined by the author of I Don’t Like Mondays, Nick Leigh Hunt, to discuss his personal connection to the story and how an unlikely teenage shooter became infamous for all the wrong reasons.

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