Inside the Crime

Inside the Crime

The third season of Inside the Crime follows the story of Una Lynskey's murder in 1971. She disappeared just a few hundred metres from her home after stepping off the bus near Porterstown Lane, Co Meath on October 12th. What followed would shatter not only the lives of Una's loved ones, but many other families in the small rural community. CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainment Listen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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November 17, 2021 2 mins
A new true-crime podcast from Newstalk: Inside The Crime - The Whelan Family Story
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Episode 1 of Inside The Crime - The Whelan Family Story - with a new episode weekly.
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November 30, 2021 35 mins
Listen and subscribe now to be sure you don't miss a moment of this exclusive true-crime podcast for Newstalk.
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December 7, 2021 39 mins
Calm, composed and collected: how Gardaí ultimately got an admission from Brian Hennessy for the Christmas morning murders
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December 14, 2021 36 mins
Murder carries a mandatory life sentence, but what happens when someone is convicted of three murders?
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December 21, 2021 51 mins
Is there any joy at Christmas time for Nancy, Christy and John Whelan?
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November 8, 2022 29 mins
In Season 2 of Inside the Crime, Frank Greaney investigates the murder of Charles Self, a talented RTÉ set designer who was found dead in his south Dublin home in 1982. Born in England and raised in Scotland, he had settled well into a new life in Dublin. So who would want him dead? Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss a moment of this Irish true crime podcast.
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November 15, 2022 30 mins
In the last episode, we got to know Charles Self through the memories of his friends and colleagues. They spoke of a man who was generous, charming, talented and with a zest for life. However, just a few weeks shy of his 33rd birthday, Charles was murdered in his own home. Stabbed and strangled, left to die at the bottom of the stairs. He had brought someone home that night, but who? And there was another person asleep upstairs,...
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November 22, 2022 35 mins
In this episode, we delve deep into the garda investigation which was following a number of leads. Could the killer have been a male prostitute? Who was the man who went home with Charles that night? There was an unidentified finger print and bloodied shoeprint found at the scene - could these hold the key to the murderer? Meanwhile, concerns grew within the gay community at the number of men brought in for questioning, as well ...
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November 29, 2022 35 mins
In the weeks following Charles' murder, there seemed to be more questions than answers surrounding the killing. Hundreds of gay men were being interviewed, photographed and fingerprinted, but gardaí seemed no closer to finding the perpetrator. Then, in the early Autumn, two more gay men were killed. In this episode, we'll dig a little deeper into the unanswered questions that emerged out of the crime scene, as well as the all...
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December 6, 2022 34 mins
There's been one key character who keeps cropping up throughout this season: Bertie. He was Charles' friend who was asleep in an upstairs bedroom the night of the murder. Bertie was the one to call 999 the following morning. But it's hard to understand how he could have slept through a brutal assault happening right below him. In this episode, we'll dig a little deeper into Bertie's story, his interactions with gardaí, and as...
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December 15, 2022 46 mins
To mark the end of this season of Inside the Crime, we held a very special event with a live audience of listeners to The Charles Self Murder. We wanted to bring the series to a close by going deeper inside the crime, so we invited a panel of guests to join Frank on stage at Bartley’s lounge at the Grafton Hotel in Dublin. From the confusing elements of the crime scene to the social injustices that coincided with the murder, th...
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Season 3 of Inside the Crime is coming soon, but the team behind it are currently working on a daily podcast from the Central Criminal Court.

It follows the trial of Jozef Puska, the man charged with the murder of Ashling Murphy who died along the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore in January 2022.

This daily podcast is a factual, balanced and accurate account of what's heard by the jury each day, available after 6pm.

It's called A...

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The third season of Inside the Crime will be released on Tuesday, 30th January. It'll follow the story of Una Lynskey's murder in 1971. She disappeared just a few hundred metres from her home after stepping off the bus on Porterstown Lane, Co Meath on October 12th. What followed would shatter not only the lives of Una's loved ones, but many other families in the small rural community.

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January 30, 2024 32 mins

Una Lynskey was 19 years old in October 1971, and she had a job with the Land Commission in Dublin City.

On the evening of Tuesday 12th October, she stepped off a bus on the Fairyhouse Road near Ratoath, Co Meath when she hurried up Porterstown Lane towards her family's farm, a walk that would take no more than 15 minutes.

She never made it home.

A search began within the hour, but there was no sign of her.

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February 6, 2024 40 mins

Within an hour of Una's disappearance, the entire neighbourhood around Porterstown Lane was out looking for her.

Soon enough, gardaí were on the scene and beginning their investigation, and a Ford car became a focus point.

Una's body hadn't been found but the investigating officers were convinced within weeks they'd solved the case.

Or had they?

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February 13, 2024 41 mins

Having made false confessions to gardaí, Martin Conmey and Marty Kerrigan hoped the truth about what happened to Una Lynskey would emerge somehow, and this would lift the finger of suspicion.

Her body was found before the end of 1971 and the investigation into her disappearance was upgraded to murder, but unfortunately it only added fuel to the fire of rumours already doing the rounds of Porterstown Lane.

And very quickly afterward...

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February 20, 2024 43 mins

Just a few months after the horrific events of December 1971, Martin Conmey and Dick Donnelly were charged Una Lynskey's murder.

Martin had made a false confession to gardaí at Trim Garda Station, however Dick refused to sign anything despite claiming he came under similar pressure.

They each hoped that the truth would emerge before the judge and jury at the Central Criminal Court in the height of the summer of 1972.

In this episod...

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February 27, 2024 47 mins

Having been convicted of Una Lynskey's murder, Martin Conmey and Dick Donnelly began their sentences in Mountjoy prison in 1972.

For Martin, his release almost three years later was supposed to mean a return to normality and a fresh start, but he found it almost unbearably hard to live with everything that had happened.

However more than a decade later, one seminal moment in the history of The Troubles would ignite a determination ...

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July 18, 2025 11 mins

A short update from Frank and the production team of Inside the Crime.

Season 4 is coming, but we'd like your input... take a listen to find out why.

Email: insidethecrime@newstalk.com

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