Crime World

Cartel number 2 Sean McGovern has issued proceedings against the Governor of Portlaoise Prison and the Minister for Justice in what is believed to be a complaint about the conditions in which he is held.
McGovern was arrested in October 2024 in Dubai, returned to Ireland in May 2025, and earlier this year pleaded guilty to directing a criminal organisation.
He got 24 years but he remains in custody on the A block despite numerous requests to move in with his mob pal Peadar Keating on the C block.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald.
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A kidnap and attack on a man accused of stealing drugs from a violent outfit linked to The Family gang was relayed in a Criminal Assets Bureau case against one of the accused.
Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Jamie Geoghegan and evidence heard against him.
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A senior drug boss is in custody after gardaí stopped him in a car with €70,000 worth of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment.
The well-known dealer from Sligo is being questioned about the kilo of cocaine and quantity of cannabis discovered during a routine road stop.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald.
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August 28 marks ten years since Clodagh Hawe and her three sons Liam, Niall, and six-year-old Ryan, were brutally murdered by Alan Hawe at their home near Virginia in Co Cavan.
Three years earlier, on July 29, Sanjeev Chada strangled his two sons, Eoghan and Rory, before stuffing their bodies into the boot of his car.
He later crashed near Westport in Co Mayo, where he was arrested by gardaí.
He's currently serving two life sentences in prison, where he has made yet another bid for parole.
Crime World's Caoimhe Young spoke to Eoghan and Rory's mother, Kathleen Chada, about the ongoing trauma of the parole process.
She also interviewed the CEO of Women's Aid about what, if anything, these horrific cases of family annihilation have taught us about the men who kill their children.
Today, she speaks to Jenny Friel about how the public and media are now far more aware that the victims of such heinous crimes must always be front and centre, and that the men who made the decision to take their lives were never as important as they believe themselves to be.
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At least three of the teenagers killed on the M9 in Kildare after crashing head on into an oncoming car had previously bragged online about evading gardaí by driving on the wrong side of motorways.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the so-called Lucky Dip gang and the copycat outfits who are playing a fatal game of cat and mouse with gardaí.
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