GANG boss Barry Young ran a mob of 20 drug dealers and sent out enforcers to collect his debts in Sligo often smashing up homes for less than €500 owed.

However, in his defence during a sentence hearing in the Special Criminal Court where he has pleaded guilty to directing a criminal gang, he says that he was the one wracked with anxiety as he sat atop a multi million euro drug operation.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about how Young was caught with 22,000 what’s app messages discovered on his phone which gave a fascinating insight into how he ran his gang.

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Episode 283: Inside Barry Young's reign as a feared drug boss

Three men convicted in relation to the brutal kidnap and torture of businessman Kevin Lunney have failed in their bid to overturn the courts decision.

Alan Harte, Alan O’Brien, and Darren Redmond were hired during a campaign of intimidation against directors of former Sean Quinn companies and abducted Lunney, broke his leg, and beat him before branding his chest with the letters QIH or Quinn Industrial Holdings.

Defence lawyers working for the men say they will now launch an appeal against the length of their sentences which were 30, 28, and 18 years respectively.

Episode 1365: Trio jailed over Kevin Lunney kidnap and torture lose appeal against convictions

Christopher O'Neill was sentenced to six years this week for an unprovoked one-punch attack on innocent Martin Lynn outside his home in Whitehall in July 2023.

Chloe McPolin speaks to Sharon Lynn and her husband Anthony about their appeal for the leniency of this sentence and how this attack changed their lives forever.

Change.org petition: https://c.org/n8qrgrN7kV

Episode 1364: Sister of one-punch victim Martin Lynn urges appeal of brother’s killer’s 6-year sentence

A Dublin man was before the courts in Dublin this morning charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation involved in the importation of drugs and money laundering.

Brian Grendon, who is 48, faces the charges understood to centre on a hack of the Ghost encrypted phone network.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about his arrest and charge.

Episode 283: Inside Barry Young's reign as a feared drug boss

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