This week we’re discussing the 1971 disappearance, and presumed murder, of 19-year-old Una Lynskey. We'll examine

the deeply flawed Garda investigation that followed, and the devastating chain of events that left another man dead and two others wrongfully convicted. More than 50 years later, what happened to Una on Porterstown Lane remains unsolved.

Fresh Appeal for Information on 1971 Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan

An Garda Síochána Public Appeal and Serious Crime Review of the Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan

Gardaí Carrying Out Full Reviews of 1971 Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan

Cold Case Review into 1971 Meath Murder Cases

Fresh Appeal Issued for Information over Murders of Man and Woman in 1971

Una Lynskey Cold Case Review May Raise More Questions for Gardaí Than Deliver Answers

A Community That Never Healed After the Gravest of Injustices

40 Years Waiting to Clear His Name

Martin Conmey Walks the Long, Hard Road to Justice

DPP v Martin Conmey (No. 3)

Conmey Manslaughter Conviction Declared a Miscarriage of Justice

Conmey Conviction Was a “Miscarriage of Justice”

State Apologises to Man Jailed in Miscarriage of Justice

Drew Harris Apologises to Man Wrongly Convicted of Woman’s Manslaughter 50 Years Ago

Garda Commissioner Issues Written Apology to Man Wrongly Convicted of 1971 Killing of Una Lynskey

Commissioner Offers Apology to Former Murder Accused

Garda Needs to Come Clean About the “Heavy Gang”

ICCL Expresses Concern at Internal Investigation into Alleged Garda Human-Rights Violations

Una Lynskey Case to Feature on Ground-Breaking Crimes and Confessions Series

Shocking Documentary Explores Meath Man’s Wrongful Conviction

Crimes and Confessions — RTÉ Player

Who Killed Una Lynskey? A True Story of Murder, Vigilante Justice and the Garda “Heavy Gang” by Mick Clifford

Mick Clifford: “They Were Convinced They Knew What Had Happened to Una and Who Was Responsible”

Una Lynskey Disappeared as She Walked Home from Work. What Happened Next?

Who Killed Una Lynskey? by Mick Clifford — Garda Heavy Gang Under the Spotlight

Book Review: Clifford Is Unflinching in His Takedown of Garda Procedure

Group Migration by Small Farmers from the West to the East — A Personal Reflection

Where No One Can Hear You Scream: Murder and Assault in the Wicklow Mountains by Sarah McInerney

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In May 1988, 25-year-old Priscilla Clarke disappeared after reportedly setting out on horseback near the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. This episode examines the official theory that she drowned in the River Dargle, the unanswered questions surrounding that day, and her family’s decades-long fight to find Priscilla, and ensure that Ireland’s unidentified dead are treated with dignity.

This episode was researched, written and hosted by Jenny Claffey.

Sources:

An Garda Síochána — Priscilla Clarke Missing Person Profile

The Journal — The Injustice in the Search for Missing Woman Priscilla Clarke

Missing Irish People — Priscilla Clarke, Co. Wicklow

The Irish Times — Exhume Body, Say Family of Missing Woman

RTÉ Radio 1 — The Disappearance of Priscilla Clarke

RTÉ Prime Time — 22 Bodies: Identifying Ireland’s Anonymous Dead

Irish Examiner — Sister of Missing Priscilla Clarke Fears She May Lie in an Unmarked Grave

Irish Examiner — Handling of Unidentified Human Remains Shows “Lack of Dignity”

RTÉ Prime Time — Details Released on Unidentified Remains Are Only the Beginning

TheJournal.ie — “1980s Ireland was a different world”: The injustice in the search for missing woman Priscilla Clarke

Irish Independent — New probe into disappearance of Priscilla

Irish Independent — Gardaí to begin ‘cold case’ probe into mystery of missing nanny

Irish Examiner — Six unidentified remains in two graves in Wexford cemetery, says campaigner

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This week, we’re discussing the disappearance and suspected murders of William Maughan and his pregnant girlfriend, Anastasija “Anna” Varslavane.

In April 2015, the couple were preparing to leave Gormanston and move back to William’s family home in Tallaght before their first child was born. Minutes before they were due to be collected, Anna made a final phone call in which she was reportedly heard calling for help. Neither she nor William was ever seen again.

We look at the gangland murder Gardaí believe may have led to their deaths, the suspected involvement of Cornelius Price, the intimidation faced by William’s family and the continuing search for the couple’s remains.

Written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey with research by Karl O’Reilly.

Sources

The sinister disappearance of Willie Maughan and pregnant Ana Varslavane

Renewed appeal for missing couple | Anglo Celt

Update – Disappearance and Murder of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane - Garda

New searches as part of probe into murders of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane

 Family claims gang members killed missing couple – The Irish Times

Drogheda feud gang back controlling drugs trade after death of rival Cornelius Price | Crime World

Notorious Irish gangland figure Cornelius Price dies in UK

Mother of Keane Mulready-Woods tells court of impact of teenager’s ‘brutal, tragic and horrifying’ murder – The Irish Times

Gangland figure held over assumed murder of couple five years ago

William Maughan and partner were 'discarded like a bag of rubbish', says father

Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murder of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane have stood down search operation | Meath Chronicle

Murder investigation after Balbriggan shooting

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21-year-old Paul Quinn was lured to a farm shed on the Monaghan-Armagh border in October 2007 and beaten to death in one of the most shocking killings in modern Irish history. This week we cover the details of the case, the allegations of IRA involvement, the politics that surrounded the investigation, and wh, despite 23 arrests and almost two decades of enquiries, the Quinn family still have not seen justice.

Hosted, written & produced by Jenny Claffey with research by Karl O'Reilly.

Sources:

BBC Spotlight - The Murder of Paul Quinn

Quinn friend tells of final moments

Man in Ireland arrested over killing linked to Provisional IRA

Top Provos blamed for savage murder | Irish Independent

The 2007 killing of Paul Quinn: A timeline of the investigation and the political fallout

Provos still getting away with murder and with a barrage of shamfaced lies

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In 2019, 15-year-old French-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin disappeared from a rainforest resort in Malaysia while on holiday with her family. What followed was a devastating search, a disputed investigation, and a family’s fight to challenge the idea that their vulnerable daughter simply wandered into the jungle alone.

This episode was written, produced and hosted by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O'Reilly

Teenager Disappears Into Jungle at Night While on Vacation with Family | Nora Quoirin Case Analysis — YouTube

Nóra Quoirin: Cause of death not yet established — RTÉ

What happened to Nora Quoirin? — The Week

Nóra Quoirin’s family sue Malaysian holiday resort — IrishCentral

Holoprosencephaly — NCBI / PMC

Malaysia says no one involved in death of British teen Nora Quoirin in resort — The Standard

The mysterious death of Nora Quoirin — The ASEAN Post

Defence filed in civil suit about Nóra Quoirin’s disappearance and death — Changing Times

Father says he heard “muffled noise” before teen girl vanished in Malaysia jungle — CBS News

No foreign DNA found in or on body, govt chemist testifies in Nora Anne Quoirin inquest — Malay Mail

A year after Nóra Quoirin’s body was found, her parents still believe she was abducted — The Irish Times

Malaysian judge overturns inquest verdict of misadventure in the death of teenager Nóra Quoirin — The Irish News

Nora Anne’s parents withdraw suit against resort operator — Free Malaysia Today

Nóra Quoirin’s parents say Malaysia has thwarted French inquiry into her death — Changing Times

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In 1973, seven-year-old John Horgan was murdered by his teenage neighbour in one of the most disturbing crimes in Irish history. This episode looks at the killing, the occult and religious imagery surrounding it, and the question of why the case seemed to almost disappear from public memory. It is a story about a child’s murder, but also about Catholic Ireland, secrecy, respectability, and the silence that followed.

This episode was written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey. Research by Karl O'Reilly.

The Boy In The Attic by David Malone

The Devil Is In The Detail

Kidnapped child was murdered in satanic rite

Murder in suburbia

The Satanic Murder Ireland Forgot

Coroner hears evidence of violent death of boy in 1973

Public servant and pillar of the church…

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In 1992, Grace Livingstone was murdered inside her home in Malahide, Dublin, but the investigation soon became almost as controversial as the crime itself.

With a husband under suspicion, an unidentified young man seen near the house, and a possible link to Revenue investigations into oil smuggling and IRA-linked crime, this is one of Ireland’s most frustrating unsolved cases.

Presented, written and produced by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O'Reilly.

Sources:

Unsolved Crimes: How Grace Livingstone's killer got away with murder

Minister and AG face court action over Livingstone murder inquiry

The Brutal Murder of Grace Livingstone: A Cold Case That Destroyed a Family's Faith in Justice | True Crime Write-Ups

‘Very slim’ chance man killed wife

Sergeant deliberately misled gardaí, court hears. 

Inside Slab Murphy's multi-million euro, cross-border smuggling empire

Livingstone damages case is settled. RTE.ie

Minister and AG face court action over Livingstone murder inquiry

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In this episode, I’m joined by bestselling author and crime journalist Barry Cummins to discuss his new book, Buried Secrets, the definitive account of the murder of Tina Satchwell.

Barry takes us inside the case that haunted Ireland for six and a half years, from Tina’s disappearance in Youghal, how he came to be the first journalist invited into Richard Satchwell’s home, sitting, unbeknownst to him, metres away from Tina Satchwell’s remains.

Buy Buried Secrets here

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In 1940, Mary “Moll” McCarthy was found shot dead in a field in rural Tipperary. Within months, Harry Gleeson, the farm labourer who reported her body to Gardaí, was convicted and hanged for her murder. Decades later, the Irish State admitted his conviction was unsafe, leaving behind the story of two victims, one unsolved murder, and a community shaped by silence.

Written and hosted by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.

Source

Time to right injustice that cost two lives 73 years ago | Irish Independent

Ireland's most infamous murder: 11 facts about the killing of Moll McCarthy and execution of innocent man Harry Gleeson

Prime Time - Hanged Man

Scannal tells the story of Harry Gleeson - Tipperary Live

Harry Gleeson: A pardoned man finally laid to rest

Leaving Mountjoy, 83 years on: Harry Gleeson's remains are brought home

Hanged After a Trial He Couldn’t Understand, and Pardoned 136 Years Later - The New York Times

Two men executed in Ireland 1883 given presidential pardon

History: The story of Harry Gleeson and Moll McCarthy - Tipperary Live

Murder at Marlhill, New Inn, Tipperary « Thurles Information.

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Anne Devlin was a woman long remembered as a loyal housekeeper to an infamous revolutionary, when she was really a courier, conspirator and trusted rebel operative. In this episode, we look at Anne’s role in Robert Emmet’s uprising, the women who helped keep the revolution moving in secret, and the brutal price she paid for refusing to talk.

Written and hosted by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.

Sources

Anne Devlin - Infinite Women

Marriage, Decline and Death - Anne Devlin

The Rebellion of 1803.

NGA.ie - Graves - 1803 - Anne Devlin

Anne Devlin: The Woman Behind the Myth

Regency History Guide to the History of Ireland

Devlin, Anne | Dictionary of Irish Biography

Michael Collins’s women: spies, couriers and mothers – The Irish Times

On This Day: Irish patriot Robert Emmet executed in Dublin in 1803

Is this the face of Ireland’s lost patriot Robert Emmet? – The Irish Times

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