Crime World

Kerry businessman Nathan McDonnell has pleaded guilty to charges of drug importation and facilitating an organised crime gang in relation to Ireland’s biggest-ever seizure of crystal meth.

The 43-year-old former CEO of Ballyseedy Garden Centre was remanded in custody for sentence by the Special Criminal Court this week.

So how did a pillar of the community and a leading light in Kerry business find himself linked with the Sinaloa Cartel and what will the future hold for the former millionaire?

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about McDonnell and his co-accused James Leen.

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How do cult leaders control their followers? Why did Charles Manson do what he did? And would his followers' claim of brain washing stand up in a court of law today? They're just some of the questions Clodagh was left with after recording this week's episode of the Crime World Book Club with Red Room host Jenny Claffey.

She sat down with Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das Crime Con in London to get all the answers she was looking for.

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In the fifth episode of the Crime World Book Club, Clodagh Meaney is joined by Jenny Claffey, host of Red Room, a podcast exploring the weird, wonderful, creepy and mysterious.

The pair discuss Jenny's favourite true crime book 'Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties' by Tom O'Neill and Dan Piepenbring which examines the story of the Tate-LaBianca murders and how everything we know about them may not be true. 

This episode of Crime World was edited by Jason Maleney, with audio and video recording by Neasa Cumiskey and it was produced by Clodagh Meaney.

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A cocaine kingpin jailed for 18 years for running a massive drug empire is back in his Kildare family home.

Philip Baron was known as '4 by' because of his love of expensive cars but when journalist Eamon Dillon spotted him he was behind the wheel of an old VW Golf.

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about tracking down the Baron of Straffan and the cocaine empire he once headed up.

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The family of a little girl injured in a horrendous stabbing incident at Parnell Square last year have detailed her progress and thanked the public for all their financial help with her on going care.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the year long recovery for the six-year-old child and her future needs.

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Garda commissioner Drew Harris has urged members of the Kinahan Organisation to speak with police and go witness protection against their bosses.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the comments and about future McGovern faces in prison.

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A local investigation team responsible for the inquiry into the murder of innocent plumber Anthony Campbell have met with senior management at the Garda’s Serious Crime Review Team.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the cold case of Anthony Campbell, his mother Christine’s quest for justice and her hopes that she may finally see her son’s killers in the dock.

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Kinahan Cartel second in command Sean McGovern has been lifted by police in an early morning raid in Dubai.

McGovern wanted here for the murder of Noel Duck Egg Kirwan is Daniel Kinahan’s number two and closest confident.

So what does this development mean in the global takedown of the Kinahan Cartel, is it a step closer to Kinahan’s own arrest and when will McGovern be back on Irish soil. Today I’m talking with Niall Donald about politics, crime and a Cartel under pressure.

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***This episode was originally published in January 2024***

The clock is ticking on murder accused Sean McGovern’s freedom in the United Arab Emirates as the Irish Government and Gardai move in for the next step in the takedown of the Kinahan Cartel.

McGovern was named during sanctions in April 2022 but has remained at large in Dubai despite a warrant for his arrest.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about McGovern and his significance as the chief advisor to Daniel Kinahan and a man who took on a role to decide who lived and who died during the brutal Hutch Kinahan feud.

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The incredible story around the downfall of billionaire celebrity P Diddy has mirrored the tsunami of allegations made against famous men like Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.

Jailed in Brooklyn, refused bail and facing a wave of lawsuits and three felony charges the one-time rapper, who had the Midas touch, is now in the spotlight for allegations of rape, coercion and running a criminal enterprise revolving around sex trafficking, forced drugging and recording his own personal pornography in a debauched theatre built on power and wealth.

Nicola speaks to author and journalist Douglas Century about the rise and fall of Sean Combs.

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