Crime World

Breaking bad dad Nathan McDonnell is back at Portlaoise Prison, where sources say he has put his head down to do his time.

But he will not be giving evidence at the trial of co-accused James Leen and his wife Jackie has said she now hopes to make a plan for the future.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about McDonnell and the ongoing case of Sinaloa Cartel.

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A father and son suspected of being key members of one of Ireland's biggest drugs gangs have been arrested over an alleged cocaine trafficking plot.

The Dubliners were among five people detained by gardaí this week in connection with a massive drugs conspiracy off the coast of Co Cork last year.  

Niall speaks to Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitt about how the drugs gang behind the plot have stayed under the public radar.

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He was once the Kingpin of a major organised crime gang, but now Hughie Irwin is living without running water or electricity in an impoverished and paranoid world.

So who is Irwin and how has he fallen so spectacularly from grace in his native Sligo where he was once a feared force in gangland?

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

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A student has pleaded guilty to walking out of a Dublin apartment with a 5-year-old child who he didn’t know 'under his arm'.

Indian national Visak Leela told the court he had no sinister motives for his actions - describing it as 'drunken horseplay'.

Niall talks to Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitt about the case and the social media storm around it.

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Real life Love/Hate, criminal John Gilligan’s family, reporting undercover in Dubai, and career paths into crime journalism...

Today in part two of our two-part Q&A special, we answer your questions about crime and the underworld.

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Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley claimed he struck a secret deal with CAB to be allowed keep his home in exchange for dropping a case against a supergrass witness, a court has heard.

The veteran criminal and his wife were in court today in a last-gasp effort to keep their family home from being seized by the State.

Niall speaks to Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney about how Foley’s decades-long legal battle is coming to an end next week.

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Daniel Kinahan has been named in a major US court case as a shady figure in backroom dealings for the rights to a Tyson Fury fight.

The lawsuit makes a number of explosive claims about Top Rank’s relationship with the Kinahan Cartel chief and has made front page news in the US.

So what does this all mean for Kinahan and are boxings dirty little secrets finally coming to light?

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Kinahan and the intricacies of the case.

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The daughter of Marie Kilmartin tells a new documentary that she believes she knows who killed her mother.

Marie’s body was found in bog in Co Laois in 1994 - six months after she went missing after receiving a mysterious phone call.

Niall speaks to Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney about Aine’s tireless campaign to find out who killed her mother.

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A third teenager has been jailed for a vicious assault on tourist Stephen Termini which placed the spotlight on Dublin’s north inner city and violence on its streets.

The US tourist was left with life changing injuries after the 2023 assault which saw then Justice minister Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris visit Talbot Street and promise change.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the street, the assault and the jailing of three teenagers.

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Brian McHugh has been found guilty of killing Lisa Thompson at her home in Ballymun in 2022, a gangland killer has his trial for threatening to kill a prison officer moved due to fears he’ll be shot dead by the Hutch Organised Crime Group, and the judge in the trial of Nikita Burns and Alan Vial has begun delivering his charge to the jury.

Eimear Rabbitt joins Clodagh Meaney to discuss the week that was.

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