Crime World

The hard-pressed Irish taxpayer got a boost this week after the homes of three notorious gangland criminals were sold off at auction.

The Criminal Assets Bureau raised a total of €1.2 million after putting the ill-gotten gains under the hammer at a special online firesale.

They included homes once owned by burglary gang boss 'Pale' Miley Connors, Kinahan cartel chief Ross Browning and gangster David Waldron...

The verdict of unlawful killing at an inquest into the deaths of 48 people in the Stardust disco brought to an end four decades of injustice.

It was a result that once seemed almost impossible to Neil Fetherstonhaugh when he sat down to write his book. 'They Never came Home' more than two decades ago.

NIall speaks to Sunday World reporter Neil about his book and his long association with the brave Stardust families who never stopped fighting...

Irish writer Cillian Dunne delved into the murky world of LA’s underworld and its notorious Cripps and Blood mobs when he met a former gang member who wanted to tell his story.

Nicola speaks to Cillian about his book Dreams in Incarceration and the incredible life of David Spivey, jailed at 17 after turning to the Cripps for protection in his south central LA neighbourhood.

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The heroin dealer who was dubbed King Scum because he flooded Dublin with the drug in the 1980s and 1990s has died aged 81.

Notorious Tony Felloni passed away after a heart attack in a hospital more than 13 years after he was released from a 20 year jail term.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the life and crimes of Tony Felloni.

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A Galway criminal who was the first to be charged under Ireland’s gangland legislation has made history again after he pleaded guilty to a string of offences in the north where he was nabbed by his Encrochat phone.

Notorious crook Michael O’Loughlin was one of a huge number of suspected criminals lifted after cops hacked the encrypted phone network in 2020 which was being used to send messages between gangs...

Sentencing for sex offenders has been thrown into debate after a shocking case of the sex assault of a baby resulted in a four year prison sentence.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald and Eimear Rabbitt about sentence guidelines, controversial judges and the public perception of jail terms.

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When news editor Alison Sandy began investigating the sinister disappearance of Marion Barter for a podcast series she did not know where the story would take her.

The mother of two sold her home, quit her job and made plans to move to Europe, but when her family stopped hearing from her it was soon discovered that she had changed her name...

Drug dealer David Waldron's links to some of the country's most notorious criminals were revealed as he finally lost his mammoth legal battle with CAB.

The bureau won their four-year case to have Waldron's assets - including stunning mansion in Wexford - declared the proceeds of crime.

As part of the case, CAB described how Waldron's associates included a number of infamous gangland figures who had been murdered by gunmen...

It’s a year to the day that Gerry The Monk Hutch walked free from the Special Criminal Court after he was found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.

So what has it been like a year on from those dramatic events and what has the veteran criminal being doing since he tasted freedom?

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about The Monk and the day his chips came in.

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