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After burying Eoghan and Ruairi, Kathleen Chada began discovering things her husband had kept from her. An email in her son’s account raised questions about how far back Sanjeev’s plans went. His letters brought no comfort.

In Part Two, we follow the criminal case, the inquest and Kathleen’s life in the years after her boys were murdered. We hear about the support she needed, the difficult decisions about their belongings and her work to help other bereaved families and campaign for change.

Through it all, Eoghan and Ruairi remain at the centre, remembered by their mam for the boys they were.

Content warning: Child murder, suicide and mental health difficulties.

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This week’s Ireland Crimes and Mysteries Weekly Roundup begins in Waterford, with the funeral of Philip and Kim English and their sons, Callum and Jayden, and further arrests in the investigation into the arson attack on their home.

I also cover the latest coroner’s court hearing in Joe Deacy’s case, the conflicting medical evidence heard at Laura Marshall’s inquest, and developments in Julie Ann McIlwaine’s case following the overturning of her murder conviction.

There are sentencing updates in the cases of Paula Canty and Paul Connolly, the sentences imposed on Jeffrey Donaldson and George Gibney, and a prosecution over the breach of survivors’ anonymity.

Plus, a murder charge in Mark Cullen’s case, a renewed appeal from Kelly Lynch’s family, and the investigation into Paul O’Connor’s death in Mallow.

Information and appeal contacts

If you have information relevant to any of these investigations, please contact Gardaí directly:

• Waterford arson investigation: Waterford Garda Station, 051 305300. Gardaí are seeking information and footage from Birch Avenue, Birchwood and adjoining roads between 4.30am and 5.30am on 13 October.

• Joe Deacy: Claremorris Garda Station, 094 937 2080.

• Kelly Lynch: Monaghan Garda Station, 047 77200.

• Paul O’Connor: Mallow Garda Station, 022 31450. The appeal concerns his journey from Kent Station to Mallow on the evening of 14 October and his movements between shortly after 7.20pm that evening and 1.30pm on 15 October.

• Garda Confidential Line: 1800 666 111. Information can also be given at any Garda station.

• Reporting historical sexual abuse: Contact your local Garda station or email [email protected].

Content includes the deaths of children, sexual abuse and domestic abuse

Eoghan Chada was ten, loved cooking and magic tricks, and had bought a calf with his Communion money. His five-year-old brother Ruairi loved tractors, dancing and following his big brother. At home, they were Oe and Ru.

On Sunday, 28 July 2013, the boys left their home in Ballinkillen, County Carlow, with their father, Sanjeev, for what their mother Kathleen understood would be a trip to the bowling alley. When they didn’t return, she began trying to find them.

In Part One, we get to know Eoghan and Ruairi through their family life and Kathleen’s memories, before following the search for the brothers and the devastating discovery that their father had murdered them.

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Join Nules for the Ireland Crimes and Mysteries Weekly Roundup, an extra episode catching up on Irish crime stories in the news.

From court proceedings and missing person appeals to new developments in unsolved cases, we’ll look at what’s been happening recently across Ireland. Some will be cases we’ve covered on the podcast, while others will be new to listeners, with a brief background to bring you up to date.

Alongside your regular Sunday episode, it’s a chance to keep up with these cases as they develop.

On a September night in 2020, 27-year-old Cian Langelaan disappeared in Donegal. Cian was quiet, gentle and deeply thoughtful, with a love of music, gaming and the outdoors.

The circumstances surrounding his disappearance appeared to point in one direction. But as the years passed, information emerged that raised an entirely different possibility.

What happened to Cian that night? And could the answer lie far from where the search first began?

This is the story of Cian Langelaan, the questions left behind and a mother who has never stopped looking for her son.

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Weekly Roundup is a new extra episode from Ireland Crimes and Mysteries, bringing you a selection of the most important crime and justice developments from the previous week. That can include new appeals, court updates, inquests, ongoing investigations, unresolved cases and other stories that are worth keeping an eye on.

This week, I’m looking at the latest developments following the Noah Donohoe inquest, the decision to reclassify the disappearance of Mark Duffy as a murder investigation, the sentencing hearing following the death of Paula Canty in Cork, the Court of Appeal ruling in the Julie Ann McIlwaine case, and a renewed Garda appeal in the unsolved murder of bookmaker Dessie Fox.

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Nearly four years after Valerie French was murdered, her family finally believed they were about to hear the case against James Kilroy.

But the road to a verdict would be anything but straightforward.

In Part Two, we follow the trial process, the evidence heard in court, the psychiatric arguments surrounding Kilroy’s state of mind, and the extraordinary delays that kept Valerie’s family waiting for years.

We also look at what happened after the criminal case, and the legal battles that continued long after the courtroom emptied.

At the centre of it all is Valerie.

Her life.

Her children.

And the family left fighting to make sure she was remembered for far more than the way she died.

This is Valerie French’s Story: Part 2.

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In June 2019, 41-year-old occupational therapist and mother of three, Valerie French, was murdered outside her home in County Mayo.

But Valerie’s story did not begin on that night.

In Part One, we look at the woman she was before her name became associated with a murder case. Her childhood in West Cork, her work, her friendships, her love of nature and learning new things, and above all, the three little boys she adored.

We also follow Valerie’s relationship and marriage to James Kilroy, the growing problems those closest to her began to notice, and the events leading up to the night she was killed.

Then, in the days and months that followed, Valerie’s family were left dealing not only with the loss of Valerie, but with questions surrounding her children, the legal system and a criminal case that would take years to reach a jury.

This is Part One of the story of Valerie French.

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In February 1936, a small Austin car was found wedged against a barrier at Corbawn Lane in Shankill. Its door and sunroof were open to the lashing rain, and inside there was blood, a soaked towel and an envelope addressed to Lavena Ball.

But Lavena was nowhere to be found.

When Gardaí traced the car back to her home in Booterstown, they began trying to piece together her final day and the events that had taken place inside the house. It would become one of the most extraordinary Irish criminal cases of its time.

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In August 2000, 18 year old Brian Murphy went to Club Anabel in Dublin for the first time. Hours later, he was found unresponsive outside the Burlington Hotel.

What happened that night would lead to a huge Garda investigation, a lengthy trial and one of Ireland’s most complicated and widely debated criminal cases.

In this episode, we follow Brian’s final night, the attack outside the club and the difficult search for answers that followed.

What happened outside Club Anabel and why did the case become so difficult to resolve?

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