On St Patrick’s Day 2024, while families across the country celebrated, gardaí made a grim discovery, the body of a young woman in a canal just outside Monaghan town. She was 23-year-old Kelly Marie Lynch. Today a former PSNI detective who has investigated a number of prominent murders, including the 2020 killing of Katie Simpson by Jonathan Creswell, tells us why he believes Kelly Lynch’s case should be upgraded to a murder investigation.




Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Catherine Fegan & James Brannigan

On St Patrick’s Day 2024, while families across the country celebrated, gardaí made a grim discovery, the body of a young woman in a canal just outside Monaghan town. She was 23-year-old Kelly Marie Lynch. Today a former PSNI detective who has investigated a number of prominent murders, including the 2020 killing of Katie Simpson by Jonathan Creswell, tells us why he believes Kelly Lynch’s case should be upgraded to a murder investigation.
 
Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Catherine Fegan &amp; James Brannigan

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 ‘There's too many discrepancies’ Former PSNI detective on why Kelly Lynch’s canal death warrants murder investigation 

It was supposed to be an oral record of the Troubles, made by the paramilitaries, and initially the ‘Boston Tapes’ project seemed like a really good idea, albeit one which would include descriptions of violence and terror. But it became clear that the scheme was flawed and that the recordings were not as secret as participants assumed. 
Host: Ciaran Dunbar, Guest; Andrew Madden  

Boston Tapes: How a secret academic project blew open The Troubles darkest murder cases 

This week, three Limerick-based gardaí accused of perverting the course of justice walked free from court after a total of 33 charges were withdrawn against them. Having endured a “six-year hell”, the gardaí now intend to commence legal action against the State. The saga has prompted fresh questions about discipline in the gardaí. Is the level of scrutiny on the guards affecting their performance and creating an atmosphere of fear and paranoia? And has the battle to weed out ‘bad eggs’ gone too far?  

Host: Kevin Doyle 

Guests: David Raleigh and Paul Williams  

This week, three Limerick-based gardaí accused of perverting the course of justice walked free from court after a total of 33 charges were withdrawn against them. Having endured a “six-year hell”, the gardaí now intend to commence legal action against the State. The saga has prompted fresh questions about discipline in the gardaí. Is the level of scrutiny on the guards affecting their performance and creating an atmosphere of fear and paranoia? And has the battle to weed out ‘bad eggs’ gone too far? &nbsp;
Host: Kevin Doyle&nbsp;
Guests: David Raleigh and Paul Williams &nbsp;

“Six-year hell”: Has the battle to find 'bad cops’ in An Garda Síochána gone too far?

Tiger Woods will forever be recognised as a sporting icon, but somewhere along the way, the headlines took on a much different, more alarming tone. Highly-publicised affairs, PR-prompted apologies and a string of car crashes have become as associated with Woods as his many triumphs on the links. As the detritus piles up around him, we examine the cause and effect of a most difficult downfall.  
Host: Fionnán Sheahan 
Guests: Jack Rathborn and Paul Kimmage 

‘There's too many discrepancies’ Former PSNI detective on why Kelly Lynch’s canal death warrants murder investigation

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