Rex Ryan used to have a bit of banter with Gerry Hutch outside the local shop when he was just a kid growing up in Clontarf.

Now more than two decades later, the actor/director is playing the alleged crime boss in his one man show, The Monk.

Niall speaks to Rex about talking to Gerry Hutch in prison, the controversy over the play and the public's fascination with the Monk.



Opening clip credits

Rex Ryan - Director

John Anderson - Junior av/videography

Episode 1320: Becoming 'The Monk': Rex Ryan on playing Gerry Hutch on stage (Part 1)

They are the so-called miracle weight loss drugs that taken the celebrity world by storm.

But it is not just celebs who love Ozempic - Irish black market dealers have spotted a gap in the market and are making a killing selling the drugs.

Niall speaks to Crime World's Denise Smith about just how easy it was to buy the controlled medication on the streets.

Episode 1319: Buying black market Ozempic on the streets of Dublin

Gardaí have stepped up patrols in Rathkeale over fears of an outbreak of feud violence in the town over Christmas.

A series of raids were carried out in recent weeks as gardaí target feuding crime gangs based in the Co Limerick town.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about the history of tensions in Rathkeale over Christmas.

Episode 1314: Gardai step up patrols in Rathkeale as feud tension mount in the town

Heroin-dealing rapist Thomas O'Neill has been released from prison, heightening fears of an outbreak of feud violence in Limerick.

O'Neill - who is married to April Collins, who gave evidence in court against the notorious Dundon brothers - was let out of Cork Prison over the weekend.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about how O'Neill was jailed for one of the most notorious rapes in Irish history. 

Episode 1313: Gangland rapist Thomas O'Neill released from jail sparking fears of feud violence

Brian Meehan has turned down the chance to apologise for Veronica Guerin's murder when confronted in Dublin last week.


Meehan - nicknamed The Tosser - is the only man ever convicted in connection with the brutal murder of the brave crime reporter.



Niall speaks to Crime World's Patrick O'Connell about how Meeehan would not say sorry when they came face to face in Dublin city centre.

Episode 1308: Killer Brian Meehan refuses to apologise for Veronica Guerin's murder 

The families of Ruth Lawrence's two victims have hit out at the tattoo artist killer for laughing about their murder.

Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor's relatives spoke out after Lawrence was handed two life sentences in court this week.

Niall talks to Crime World’s Eamon Dillon about Lawrence's cold hearted attitude to murder.

Episode 1306: How 'callous' Ruth Lawrence laughed about committing a double murder

Gardai have carried out searches in the Midlands Prison as part of the investigation into the double arson murder in Co Offaly.



Four-year-old Tadgh Farrell and his grandaunt Mary Holt were killed after their home was firebombed on Saturday night.

Niall talks to Eimear Rabbitt about how gardaí, are investigating if a prison row lead to the attack.

Episode 1305: Midlands Prison searched after young boy and great aunt killed in arson attack

Two civil cases accusing Conor McGregor of sex attacks have both dramatically come to an end after long-running legal battles.

The Irish Supreme Court has decided not to grant McGregor a further appeal against the outcome of the Nikita Hand civil rape case.

The court's decision came just hours after an American woman formally dropped her case against the UFC fighter in Florida.

Niall speaks to Crime World's Eimear Rabbitt about the different outcomes to the two high-profile cases.

Episode 1304: Conor McGregor fails in Supreme Court bid just hours after a separate US case was dropped

The four men charged in the Hennessy torture trial have dramatically changed their pleas and admitted assault causing harm.

Jason Hennessy, his brother Devon, as well as Kenneth and Dean Fitzsimons were accused of being involved in a savage attack where a man had the word ‘rat’ branded on his face and body.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about why the DPP may have accepted guilty pleas to lesser charges.

Episode 1303: Four men in Hennessy torture trial dramatically change pleas to guilty

A Croke Park worker is nabbed by gardai disguised as Mayo fans, an escaped prisoner who phoned up to hand himself in and Athlone’s Carmella Soprano and Sean McGovern has been granted free legal aid.

Niall speaks to Crime World's Eimear Rabbitt about the news stories that caught the public’s attention this week.

Episode 1291: Coke-dealing Croke Park worker, Athlone’s Carmela Soprano and the horror attack in Clondalkin

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