Episode 5: As Pat’s career begins to take shape, he receives a call from his superintendent. A young woman has fallen down the stairs and is dead. While in the hospital, a nurse notices a scratch mark across the husband's chest. Could this be more than just a tragic accident?

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Episode 4: Joe’s day in court finally comes, as all of Pat’s hard work is displayed in front of a packed courtroom and attentive jury. Will the realms of circumstantial evidence be enough to convict Joe O’Reilly for the murder of his wife?

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Episode 3: Pat is keen to grill down Derek Quarney’s witness statement from that day, and brings him in for formal questioning. The cell-phone provider’s have come back with their analysis of Joe’s phone that morning. Will all of Pat’s hard work be enough to get a charge from The DPP? 

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Episode 2: Pat looks further into Joe and Nikki’s affair together, and tries to place him at the scene that morning. The public’s interest in the case grows, as Joe makes an appearance on national television to appeal for information on his wife's killer. As he sits alongside Rachel’s mother Rose, will anyone believe his rendition of the grieving husband?

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Episode 1: Detective Pat Marry receives a call that he will never forget. Rachel Callaly, a devoted young mother has been bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of her North Dublin bungalow. Pat knows the murder scene has been covered-up. Should he go and speak to Joe O'Reilly, the deceased's husband?  

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What exactly happens on the hunt for a killer? The Making Of A Detective tells the story of 5 of Ireland’s most notorious murder cases, told through the lens of the man who once solved them.

In over three decades working in An Garda Síochána, Pat Marry has seen it all. Each episode features a step-by-step account of how justice was ultimately served, with interviews from victims' friends and family, Pat's former colleagues in the force, and The Irish Sun's Stephen Breen to help tell these stories one by one.

Pat's Story begins with the tragic death of Rachel Callaly by her husband Joe O'Reilly and finishes with Aaron Brady's historic 2020 capital murder conviction for the shooting of Garda Adrian Donohoe. Follow along as we share the dramatic details of each case, and how they shaped Pat into one of Ireland's greatest detectives, learning the skills that went into solving each case along the way.

The Making Of A Detective premiers on November 11th and is brought to you by The Irish Sun.

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