Shattered Lives

Paul and Mick discuss more on an extraordinary year of crime - from gangland murder of Josh Itseli to thug soldier Cathal Crotty, Ian Bailey dying, a Russian ‘agent’ in the Dail and the rise of the so called far right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mick and Paul are meeting in person for a series of podcasts looking back at an unprecedented year of crime. In part 1 we look at homicides across Ireland, a year of hell for the Kinahan cartel, Gerry Hutch’s bizarre election bid, and Conor McGregor in court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mick and Paul discuss the costs development in the Conor McGregor case, as well as a recent drug seizure and a murder court appearance in Wexford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the murder of a young girl in Wexford, Gerry Hutch’s failed bid for the Dail, and the fallout of the Conor McGregor civil trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the bombshell civil case verdict in which Conor McGregor was found to have assaulted Nikita Hand in a rape at the Beacon Hotel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the final speeches from both sides in the civil assault case of UFC star Conor McGregor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss McGregor and James Lawrence’s evidence on the witness stand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the fifth day of the McGregor civil trial and how a paramedic described bruising all over Nikita Hand’s body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss another unprecedented day in crime news with Gerry Hutch’s sensational return to Irish soil where he spoke to the waiting media about his alleged general election bid. They also discuss the arrest of a man over the long unsolved murder and disappearance of Jo Jones Dullard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode Mick and Paul discuss the fourth day of the civil sexual assault trial of UFC star Conor McGregor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the third day of the Conor McGregor sexual assault civil trial in which his barrister claimed he had sex with Nikita Hand twice and that she was “sexually excited” by it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the second day of the civil trial against Conor McGregor who is accused of sexual assault of a woman in the penthouse suite of a Dublin hotel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the first day of a civil sexual assault case against UFC star Conor McGregor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In recent days gardai seized a copy of this podcast interview with Ian Bailey as they probe what he said to us last year. Have a listen back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mick and Paul discuss the bombshell arrest of veteran crime figure Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch in Lanzarote on alleged money laundering offences. They also discuss the search for missing child and suspected murder victim Kyran Durnin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul is in London for the sentencing of Kinahan cartel mobsters Liam Byrne and Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh. The pair were jailed today for their roles in a bizarre conspiracy to import firearms in an attempt to get Kavanagh a lesser sentence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul is in London for the sentencing of Kinahan cartel mobsters Liam Byrne and Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh. He joins Mick to talk through a dramatic day in court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the murder of Martin Salinger in Cloverhill Prison, a Russian agent nicknamed ‘Cobalt’ in the Oireachtas, Defence Forces leave Portlaoise Prison, Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy’s appeal, and Maddie suspect cleared of raping Irish woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the bombshell arrest of top Kinahan cartel member Sean McGovern in Dubai. In what is perhaps the most significant arrest to date, gardai want to extradite McGovern and charge him with murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss how Coolock protestor Tracey Brougham stayed silent when confronted about her racist comments, how Budget 2025 affects gardai, convicted Hutch Regency drivers appeal, a legal victory against Daniel Kinahan, and the death of respected former senior Garda John O’Driscoll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul interviews former mobster Stephen Gillen about his life of crime, advice to those trying to leave that life, and his views on the Kinahan cartel and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the shocking U-turn in the Liam Byrne and Bomber Kavanagh trial, with the infamous Kinahan crime figures pleading guilty to firearms conspiracy charges at the 11th hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the major international police operation which has shut down the encrypted ‘ghost’ network used by gangs around the world. It saw over €16M worth of drugs seized here and a major operation against four of Ireland’s criminal gangs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the death of veteran gangster James ‘Jaws’ Byrne, ahead of his son Liam’s trial next week. They also discuss the shocking Scoping Inquiry report that revealed decades of abuse in Irish religious schools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the week in crime: From the life and crimes of dead Kinahan mobster Liam Roe, to a probation officer complaining of being moved after submitting a ‘positive’ report on wife killer Joe O’Reilly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It used to be a job for life, but in recent years the number of gardai leaving the force has increased dramatically. Why are so many officers leaving? And what jobs are available to them on civvy street? Today, Mick talks to former garda Stephen Moore who now advises officers on career paths outside the job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the week in crime, from interviewing the couple accused of murdering pensioner Josephine Ray, to meeting Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this final and lengthy Q&A Paul and Mick answer your questions about whether they live normal lives, what mob boss they’d have on the pod, drug seizures, court reporting and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our second Q&A pod Mick and Paul answer questions like “ is journalism f*cked?” discuss unsolved murders and Ireland’s hidden gangsters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the first part of our Q&A pods, Paul and Mick answer your questions about a range of topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss threats made to their colleague, the latest in the Coolock protests and Dublin riot arrests and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mick and Paul discuss the shocking scenes of violence in Coolock, a credible death threat against former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and recent chilling threat against Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and the Garda Commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the link between Irish perv Mark Mulligan and Holly Willoughby kidnap plotter Gavin Plumb. They also discuss the dismissal of shamed woman beater Cathal Crotty from the Defence Forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mick and Paul discuss mob boss John Gilligan denying he’s got cancer, Hutch associate James ‘Mago’ Gately losing his home to CAB, the end of the Regency Hotel shooting probe and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s episode Mick and Paul discuss the government’s plan to ban the XL Bully cross breed following the tragic death of Nicola Morey in Limerick. They also talk about failed state witness Jonathan Dowdall’s decision to put his €800,000 Dublin home on the market. And they examine the life of Australian mobster Angelo Pandeli, unmasked this week as a key ally of Daniel Kinahan. They also bring you the latest on the investigation into Sunday’s murder in Dublin of dad of two Marky Carroll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's pod Paul and Mick discuss the killing of a woman by her dog, an attack against a Kinahan criminal, Daniel Belling convicted of cruise ship murder and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s episode Paul and Mick discuss the death of Eddie Hutch Jr and the violent actions of his brother Ross behind bars. They also discuss the arrest and charge of a man accused of branding a knife in front of children on Parnell Square. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul talks to journalist and author Robin Schiller about his new book Murder at Lordship: Inside the Hunt for a Detective's Killer. The book charts the investigation into the horrific killing of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and the thorough investigation which brought killer Aaron Brady to justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the latest plot twist in the hunt for the Kinahans, doorstepping Stardust boss Eamon Butterly, a murder investigation in Kildare, the ease of drug flow into Ireland and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss the week in crime, with the gang murder of Josh Itseli. Triple murderer Andy Cash being jailed for life, and controversy over former Department of Justice official Niall Colgan receiving a suspended sentence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s Shattered Lives Paul and Mick discuss how much tensions have eased in the Kinahan Hutch feud, the death of evil gangster Tony Felloni, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special episode of Shattered Lives, Mick talks to Irishwoman Mandy Kelly, who has been fighting to rescue her young boys, abducted by their father in Egypt, She reveals how her two-year ordeal began when she was held prisoner in a Cairo apartment, and how she had to flee the country without her kids. And she tells us how is determined to bring them back home to Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mick and Paul discuss the CAB’s targeting of a west Dublin major drug dealer David Waldron- and unmask his extravagant lifestyle. They also focus on the Kinahan cartel’s finances - just how rich are they. And Mick talks about how he stalked a stalker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In one of the most dramatic days in Irish legal history, Gerry Hutch has been found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul and Mick discuss ‘Dapper Don’ Christy Kinahan’s bizarre restaurant reviews, this year’s AGSI conference, and the murder of an Irish woman in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special episode of Shattered Lives. Mick reports from his recent trip to Syria, where he met members of the Defence Forces’ 68th Infantry Group helping to keep the peace on the Golan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week’s Shattered Lives, Paul and Mick discuss a packed week of crime stories - from the death of evil Garda killer Pearse McAuley to a drugs bust in Cork, a former Garda jailed, a major breakthrough in the Ken Fetherston case and an infamous rapist issuing us threats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In this episode of Shattered Lives Mick and Paul discuss the latest developments with the massive case against mob boss Daniel Kinahan, as gardai formally ask the DPP to charge him with murder. They also discuss the shocking suspension of a Garda over giving a bike to a pensioner during lockdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mick and Paul discuss the sensational €33M crystal meth bust in Cork, the arrest of a businessman and former politician’s son, and how the Mexican Sinaloa cartel may have embedded itself in Kerry for some time. They also discuss brazen social media videos of drugs and booze in Wheatfield prison and the recent court appearance of Freddie Thompson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices