Crimes and Confessions

0.0(0)|2022-01-10|2 seasons, 3 episodes

Overview

For over forty years the existence of a Garda heavy Gang has been denied. This ground-breaking three-part true-crime series looks at three of the most notorious miscarriages of justice cases from the 1970s and 1980 and draws links between them.

Episodes

Season 1(3)Season 2(0)

S1E1 · 2022-01-10

Una Lynskey

Examining three of the most notorious miscarriages of justice from the 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the disappearance of nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey in Co. Meath in 1971.

S1E2 · 2022-01-17

Sallins Mail Train Robbery

Revisiting the Sallins mail train robbery in March 1976, examining allegations against detectives who worked on the case and the role of the non-jury Special Criminal Court.

S1E3 · 2022-01-24

The Kerry Babies Scandal

The programme re-examines the Kerry Babies story, where the allegations of forced confessions were made against some Gardai by Joanne Hayes and her family.

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Farhan Qureshii

Rajeev