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 This week, Bill Kenneally, one of Ireland's worst ever child sexual predators, died at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.

The 75-year-old was also a member of Waterford's most powerful political dynasties, a collection of Fianna Fáil TDs, senators, city councillors, and mayors who served for almost 60 years, right up until 2011.

His influential connections didn't stop there. A late uncle, Monsignor John Shine, was a leading member...

A 'foolish and stupid' criminal is facing jail after posing for the camera during a horror attack on gangland murder witness Erol ‘Bigworm’ Ibrahim. Darragh Manning filmed the savage attack during which Ibrahim was pistol whipped with an airgun and threatened with a sword by two men in a Limerick apartment.

Niall talks to Eimear Rabbitt about the horror attack and how Ibrahim was previously the chief witness in the t...

When Anthony Bur­nett and Joseph Red­mond drove up the M1 in a stolen car in March 2012, they assumed they were in for an easy pay day by selling the Volkswagen to Jason O’Driscoll.

But what they didn’t realise was that the prolific hitman had decided to kill them believing they had cheated him out of a drug deal worth just €1,500.

By the time the friends were unwit­tingly driv­ing to their deaths in a remote forest ...

Jeffrey Donaldson’s trial is nearing its end. The court has now heard the closing arguments – all that remains is for the judge to give directions to the jury.  

 On Wednesday, Donaldson’s barrister told the jury the complainants were “not sufficiently reliable enough to drive you to a sure conclusion that he is guilty”.  

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Kinahan hitman Glen Clarke who took his own life accidentally on the way to kill Cartel target Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan was the killer nicknamed 'Teeth' during the Sean McGovern hearing.

The court heard that McGovern wanted an associate to give ‘Teeth’ the chance to ‘murder Duck’ after a series of botched hits had left three innocent people dead.

Nicola and Niall Donald recount the shocking details o...

Two rival expat criminals who were due to end up in the same Spanish jail are being separated to prisons more than 10 hours apart for their own security. Gang boss Steven Lyons from Scotland and the man accused of his brother Eddie's murder will not be housed together after authorities moved Liverpudlian Michael Riley to the north of the country.

Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the prison move.

A Gucci Gang leader who threatened a woman that he would have her son raped if they didn’t pay up an alleged debt has been jailed for 10 years. Mark Salmon rose to prominence in the notorious north Dublin mob after a number of high profile members were shot dead or imprisoned.

Nicola talks with Eamon Dillon about the ordinary working dad who secretly operated as a monstrous criminal thug. 

Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob have begun a new search in Co Wicklow.

It comes several months after gardaí carried out a search of a disused quarry in Co Wicklow in relation to the two women who disappeared in the Leinster area in the 1990s. 

Nicola speaks to Eimear Rabbitt.

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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has now been cross-examined by the prosecution in Newry Crown Court where he is on trial over 18 alleged offences.

He has plead not guilty to charges including rape and allegations of indecent assault and gross indecency.

Both complainants alleged they were abused as children.

His wife, Lady Eleanor Donaldson, from Dublinhill Road in Dromore, denies several charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s al...

Crime World’s Ken Foy goes in search of a statement from Daniel Kinahan about the Panorama programme.

Much to his surprise, he ends up in a 35-minute-long phone conversation with the man himself.

Ken gets his statement, and the reaction to the BBC documentary is fierce, prompting yet another release from Daniel denying any involvement in the drugs trade. It’s just a ‘witch-hunt’ he claims.

But his attempts t...

Eleanor Donaldson “met with a blank wall” when asking her husband Jeffrey about an incident with an alleged abuse – a jury has heard.  

Eleanor Donaldson also accused her husband of infidelity during police interviews.  

And Jeffrey Donaldson told police a letter sent to one of his alleged victims had nothing “to do with any allegation or any action involving sexual abuse”.  ...

MTK Global gets a major boost when US boxing promoter legend Bob Yalen is announced as their new president.

Nothing is going to stop Daniel Kinahan’s attempt to break America. A bizarre book, rap song and film about the Regency Hotel attack are released that paint the event in a very different light.

For a while it seems to work, MTK sign tournament contracts with Sky Sports and ESPN.

However, Daniel’s connection to the...

Northern Ireland has seen serious race riots for the third year in a row. Masked men staged violent protests in number of areas, but the trouble was concentrated in the greater Belfast area, with homes set alight off the Crumlin Road and in east Belfast. A Glider bus was set alight on the Newtownards Road and a police car was burned in Portadown. 

The disorder followed an attempted murder involving a knife in north Belfast ...