The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up)

Time and time again we hear of the horrific abuse survivors faced at the hands of the Catholic Church. Is it time that the people who knew this abuse was going on should be held criminally accounted for? Niall talks to Paul who was raped and sexually abused at the age of nine by a priest.

Eve McDowell, co-founder of Stalking Ireland, joins Niall on air. Eve is campaigning for the Department of Justice to introduce a stalking offence in Ireland. Eve speaks about her horrific experiences she faced with a man who was stalking her. She is campaigning for legislation to prevent other people from going through this.

Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a French television producer[3] who was killed outside her holiday home near Toormore, Schull Co Cork, Ireland, on the night of 23 December 1996. A mother of one, Toscan du Plantier was 39.

British journalist Ian Bailey was arrested twice by the Irish police, yet no charges were laid as there was insufficient evidence to proceed to trial. Bailey lost a libel case against six newspapers in 2003. He also lost a wrongful arrest case against the Gardaí, minister for Justice, and Attorney General in 2015.

In 2019, Bailey was convicted of murder by the Cour d'Assises de Paris and sentenced to 25 years in prison.He was tried in absentia in France after winning a legal battle against extradition.[5] In 2020, Ireland's High Cort ruled that Bailey could not be extradited.[6]

Law Student Lisa Keogh talks to Niall after she was investigated by a Scottish university for saying "women have vaginas" and women are not as strong as men has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Abertay University cleared Lisa after classmates complained she had made “offensive” remarks at an online lecture.

She had argued the difference in strength between the sexes meant it was not fair that women should have to compete against trans women in sport.

She has now received a letter from the Chair of the Student Disciplinary Board informing her all the complaints against her have been dismissed.

Niall speaks to Will Geddes who has over 25 years experience in the Specialist Security sector, Will has consulted clients across the world on a wide-diversity of risk and threat related matters, personally operating and working within developed, emerging and hostile countries across the world.

Niall and Will talked about the HSE Cyberattack on the Irish state, security around mobile devices including Amazon Alexa and smartphones and how to protect yourself from hackers.

Self-proclaimed “Jesus”, Alan John Miller has been accused of destroying marriages, emotionally abusing his followers, and convincing them to pay for his lifestyle, including international flights, accommodation, his recording equipment, and a $400,000 house where he delivers his ‘seminars’.

During one such seminar he wrote, ‘I’m Jesus deal with it’ on a whiteboard.

Miller is infamous for his filmed seminars, which often involve counselling sessions and healing, where his followers’ issues are often blamed on their parents. These seminars, created for his active organisations the Divine Truth and God’s Way Ltd, are posted to YouTube and recorded to DVD, which he distributes for free.

Andrew McGinley's  wife, former nurse Deirdre Morley, was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of their children Conor, Darragh and Carla McGinley. Andrew McGinley on Thursday night said he accepted his wife was not in her right mind when she smothered their three children.

But the devastated dad admitted he would “struggle with that every single day”.

Niall speaks to Krysia Lynch from AIMS. AIMS Ireland is run on a fully voluntary basis by women from all regions of Ireland; most with young families. AIMS Ireland committee members represent a wide range of birth choices and experiences, but come together under the common view of improving services.