In 1981, Nora Sheehan went missing from Ballyphehane, Co Cork. She was found dead a week later, and gardai soon had a prime suspect for her murder while investigating another crime.
But a series of setbacks meant no trial was held in the case until 2023.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “138 – The Longest Wait for Justice: Nora Sheehan”In March of 2011, 19 year old David Byrne set out to meet someone near to his home in Drimnagh, Dublin City. Little did he know that he was walking into a trap. A panicked chase was caught on CCTV, but the final attack occurred in a dark corner out of sight of any cameras. Could his killer be identified from the footage?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “136 – David Byrne: Murder in a Dark Corner”Just after 10am, on Wednesday the 29th July 2008, shots rang out on a busy residential road in Kilrush, Co Clare. Two men who lived on the street, Leslie Kenny and Brendan O’Sullivan, had exchanged words, and by the end of that interaction, one of them was lying dead in a front garden.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “134 – A Question of Self Defence: The murder of Leslie Kenny”28 year old mother of one Norma Crotty appeared on her neighbours doorstep early on the morning of January 3rd, 1995. She was in a distressed state, and was holding a shotgun. It was smoking.
Norma told her neighbour that she had just shot her husband.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “132 – Nagged to Kill: The death of Gary Cotter”In September of 2019, Paul Jones was found dead in the hallway of his home on Bandon Road, in Cork. The 54 year old had a chequered past, but for the last decade had lived a quiet and pious life, bothering no one. Despite this, he had suffered 25 stab wounds to his side and had been hit in the head with a long, machete-like blade.
Though he had no known quarrels with anyone, there was someone in Paul Jones’ life who had a reason to do him harm.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “131 – For the Love of Money: The murder of Paul Jones”In the early hours of 29th April, 2000, a fire was discovered in an upmarket flat in the seaside resort of Scheveningen, The Hague. Three occupants were found dead in the bathtub – young Irishmen Damien Monahan and Vincent and Morgan Costello.
Was the fire an accident, some sort of gangland hit, or something else altogether?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “130 – Drugs, Death and Butchery: The Deaths of Vincent Costello, Morgan Costello and Damien Monahan”In the early hours of 29th November, 2002, 34 year old father of two arrived home from working his shift as the security manager at a popular nightclub in Limerick City.
He was shot to death in his driveway in a suspected gangland killing.
Would gardai be able to find enough evidence to bring members of one of Limerick’s most notorious gangs before a court?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “129 – A Battle for Justice: The murder of Brian Fitzgerald”On a chilly Sunday morning in December of 1980, Michael Kelly arrived at a neighbours house in a panic. There was a fire in the house he was staying in nearby, and inside were the two elderly siblings who he was there to look after.
Sadly, Margaret and Martin Glynn – siblings in their 80s – were removed from the house and pronounced dead.
But was this a tragic accident, or a malicious act driven by greed?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “128 – A Questionable Conviction: The deaths of Margaret and Martin Glynn”
In March of 1999, Phillip Colgan and his wife Mary walked into Rathfarnham Garda Station and with a story to tell. It would be his first of many., and it would be up to a jury to decide which was true – and who killed Layla Brennan.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “127 – An Unusual Defence: Layla Brennan”In the early hours of 2nd February, 2007, a tragedy occurred on the main street of Arklow, Co Wicklow. A man had been struck by a car and lay dying in the road.
It soon became clear, however, that this was no accident.
But – was it murder?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “125 – Murder by Car: Daniel McDonald”