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The Guinness heiress, the kidnapping and the Kinahan links
Heir to the brewing and banking fortune, Jennifer Guinness lived a quiet life, residing in a luxury Howth mansion. In April 1986, however, a traumati…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Pearl Gamble story and the last man to hang in Northern Ireland
Pearl Gamble was 19 years old when she was murdered in January 1961. She worked as a shop assistant and had been dropped at the top of the lane close…
1 year, 10 months ago
Trapped in Rafah: A father’s desperate attempts to get his disabled son back to Ireland
Like so many people in Gaza right now, Isam Hamad finds himself stuck in a living nightmare. His distressing situation is further complicated by the …
1 year, 10 months ago
Valentine’s Day massacre for RTÉ as €450,000 pay-off bouquet leaves stink
It was another display of frustration, annoyance, and bewilderment as TDs and Senators gathered yesterday, St Valentine's Day, to hear the latest ins…
1 year, 10 months ago
Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley: Five assassination attempts and the “Concerned Criminal Action Committee”
Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley has long been established as one of Ireland's career criminals. The Dubliner has even survived five assassination attempts. …
1 year, 10 months ago
RTÉ’s perpetual crisis: The 11th golden handshake and a never-ending blame game
RTÉ chiefs past and present are preparing to grace the halls of Leinster House to appear before the Oireachtas Media Committee as the public broadcas…
1 year, 11 months ago
The sex trafficker turned handyman, on the run in Ireland
Convicted UK sex trafficker David Archer arrived in Ireland to start a new life after serving six years of a 13-year prison sentence for operating a …
1 year, 11 months ago
'I spoke to Ian Bailey the day before he died' - The forensic expert who questions his guilt
“I certainly could find nothing that led me to believe in Ian Bailey’s guilt.” That’s according to a retired UK senior forensic officer who has inves…
1 year, 11 months ago
Revisited: Unsolved - Who kidnapped Shergar?
41 years ago this week, Shergar, the world’s most famous horse was stolen and thus began one of the biggest Gardai investigations in Irish history – …
1 year, 11 months ago
From Lisbon, to space, via an NYC courtroom - The mysterious life of Declan Ganley and the $20m dispute
In 2008, Declan Ganley, an English-born businessman who had moved to Ireland as a teenager, inserted himself directly into the Irish political landsc…
1 year, 11 months ago