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.

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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 1363: 'The Family' boss Brian Grendon charged with directing organised drug gang

A plot to import 42 million euro worth of cocaine into Ireland through the Shannon Estuary was undone when Gardai arrested seven men - but not before the drugs were landed successfully and disappeared into the criminal underworld.

Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about the daring journey from Brazil’s Amazon to Ireland’s biggest river and those who were nabbed in the process.

Episode 1356: How €42m of cocaine travelled from Brazil to the Shannon Estuary

A dating site for white supremacists is hacked in Germany and the details posted online.

Nicola speaks with Steven Moore about the Irish racists caught up in the far right romance scandal that has rocked Europe.

Episode 1355: Tinder for Nazis

The leader of an ATM robbery gang has complained that his ex-wife has to walk his eight kids to school in the rain after gardai seized their vehicles. Michael ‘Bee’ Berry made the comments in the High Court in a case brought by the Criminal Assets Bureau. 

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about the ‘Bee’ Berry’s long history of clashes with the law.

Episode 1348: ATM robber claims gardaí seizure left his eight children walking to school in the rain

Veteran journalist Chris Moore kept a secret intelligence document about the details of the murder of a prominent loyalist under lock and key for 30 years.

Today, he joins Nicola to discuss the details of why loyalists say they murdered their own man Jim Craig in 1988 after allegations that he colluded with his IRA enemies to extort money.

Episode 1347: Why did loyalists murder their own man Jim Craig?

Images of killer Molly Martens getting on with life after her release from prison, showing off a new look and a new boyfriend sparked reaction from tragic Jason Corbett’s daughter Sarah who says her dad was cheated of an opportunity to do similar.

Sarah Corbett Lynch took to social media to describe the effects of her father’s death on her and the effects of coercive control on a young child.

Episode 1345: Jason Corbett’s daughter vows to not stay silent after killer Molly Martens revealed to have new boyfriend

Gangland hard man Derek ‘Bottler’ Devoy claimed that a breakdown followed the guilt he felt at the murder of his sister Antoinnette and led him to a lethal grapple with police while he was armed with a submachine gun and a grenade.

But now, the volatile criminal has become a peacemaking king of his wing in Portlaoise prison where a piece of leaked mobile phone footage has shown him intervening in a row.

Episode 1343: How gangland hardman Derek ‘Bottler’ Devoy became an unlikely peacekeeper behind bars

Scissor sister Charlotte Mulhall is due to get a release date this year when she finally finishes a life sentenced for murdering her mother’s partner and dismembering his body.

So, what lies in store for Ireland’s most famous prisoner and how has she finished a life sentence aged just 39?

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Mulhall and her time behind bars.

Episode 1338: Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall gets full release date from prison

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