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On 30 November 1997, Galway taxi driver Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy disappeared after accepting one final fare. Her bloodstained taxi, 17 unexplained miles and a series of unidentified witnesses gave Gardaí no shortage of leads, but almost three decades later, nobody has ever been charged with her murder.

This episode was written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O’Reilly.

Sources

Murder of Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy — Wikipedia
Murder of Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy on 30 November 1997 — An Garda Síochána Crimecall
Renewed Appeal: Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy Murder Investigation — An Garda Síochána
Gardaí Renew Appeal Over 1997 Murder of Galway Taxi Driver — The Irish Times
Gardaí Renew Appeal Over Murder of Taxi Driver in 1997 — RTÉ News
Gardaí Renew Appeal for Information on 1997 Murder of Galway Woman — Irish Examiner
Convicted Murderer Is Questioned About Taxi Driver Killing — The Irish Times
Double Killer Quizzed on Taxi Woman Murder — Irish Independent
Family of Murdered Woman Believe Gardaí Talking to the Wrong Man — The Irish Times
Inquiry Into Murder Ten Years Ago Still “Live” — The Irish Times
Appeal for Witnesses in Galway — The Irish Times
Man Jailed for Murder Committed While on Day Release — The Irish Times
The Olden Report on the Thomas Murray Case — Department of Justice and Equality
DPP v Murray — Court Decision
New Leads in 20-Year-Old Murder — Claregalway.info
New Lead in Taxi-Driver Murder — Connacht Tribune
Cold Case: Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy — Radio Espial

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This week we’re discussing the 1971 disappearance, and presumed murder, of 19-year-old Una Lynskey. We'll examine
the deeply flawed Garda investigation that followed, and the devastating chain of events that left another man dead and two others wrongfully convicted. More than 50 years later, what happened to Una on Porterstown Lane remains unsolved.

Sources
Fresh Appeal for Information on 1971 Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan
An Garda Síochána Public Appeal and Serious Crime Review of the Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan
Gardaí Carrying Out Full Reviews of 1971 Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan
Cold Case Review into 1971 Meath Murder Cases
Fresh Appeal Issued for Information over Murders of Man and Woman in 1971
Una Lynskey Cold Case Review May Raise More Questions for Gardaí Than Deliver Answers
A Community That Never Healed After the Gravest of Injustices
40 Years Waiting to Clear His Name
Martin Conmey Walks the Long, Hard Road to Justice
DPP v Martin Conmey (No. 3)
Conmey Manslaughter Conviction Declared a Miscarriage of Justice
Conmey Conviction Was a “Miscarriage of Justice”
State Apologises to Man Jailed in Miscarriage of Justice
Drew Harris Apologises to Man Wrongly Convicted of Woman’s Manslaughter 50 Years Ago
Garda Commissioner Issues Written Apology to Man Wrongly Convicted of 1971 Killing of Una Lynskey
Commissioner Offers Apology to Former Murder Accused
Garda Needs to Come Clean About the “Heavy Gang”
ICCL Expresses Concern at Internal Investigation into Alleged Garda Human-Rights Violations
Una Lynskey Case to Feature on Ground-Breaking Crimes and Confessions Series
Shocking Documentary Explores Meath Man’s Wrongful Conviction
Crimes and Confessions — RTÉ Player
Who Killed Una Lynskey? A True Story of Murder, Vigilante Justice and the Garda “Heavy Gang” by Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford: “They Were Convinced They Knew What Had Happened to Una and Who Was Responsible”
Una Lynskey Disappeared as She Walked Home from Work. What Happened Next?
Who Killed Una Lynskey? by Mick Clifford — Garda Heavy Gang Under the Spotlight
Book Review: Clifford Is Unflinching in His Takedown of Garda Procedure
Group Migration by Small Farmers from the West to the East — A Personal Reflection
Where No One Can Hear You Scream: Murder and Assault in the Wicklow Mountains by Sarah McInerney
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In May 1988, 25-year-old Priscilla Clarke disappeared after reportedly setting out on horseback near the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. This episode examines the official theory that she drowned in the River Dargle, the unanswered questions surrounding that day, and her family’s decades-long fight to find Priscilla, and ensure that Ireland’s unidentified dead are treated with dignity.

This episode was researched, written and hosted by Jenny Claffey.

Sources:
An Garda Síochána — Priscilla Clarke Missing Person Profile
The Journal — The Injustice in the Search for Missing Woman Priscilla Clarke
Missing Irish People — Priscilla Clarke, Co. Wicklow
The Irish Times — Exhume Body, Say Family of Missing Woman
RTÉ Radio 1 — The Disappearance of Priscilla Clarke
RTÉ Prime Time — 22 Bodies: Identifying Ireland’s Anonymous Dead
Irish Examiner — Sister of Missing Priscilla Clarke Fears She May Lie in an Unmarked Grave
Irish Examiner — Handling of Unidentified Human Remains Shows “Lack of Dignity”
RTÉ Prime Time — Details Released on Unidentified Remains Are Only the Beginning
TheJournal.ie — “1980s Ireland was a different world”: The injustice in the search for missing woman Priscilla Clarke
Irish Independent — New probe into disappearance of Priscilla
Irish Independent — Gardaí to begin ‘cold case’ probe into mystery of missing nanny
Irish Examiner — Six unidentified remains in two graves in Wexford cemetery, says campaigner
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This week, we’re discussing the disappearance and suspected murders of William Maughan and his pregnant girlfriend, Anastasija “Anna” Varslavane.

In April 2015, the couple were preparing to leave Gormanston and move back to William’s family home in Tallaght before their first child was born. Minutes before they were due to be collected, Anna made a final phone call in which she was reportedly heard calling for help. Neither she nor William was ever seen again.

We look at the gangland murder Gardaí believe may have led to their deaths, the suspected involvement of Cornelius Price, the intimidation faced by William’s family and the continuing search for the couple’s remains.

Written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey with research by Karl O’Reilly.

Sources
The sinister disappearance of Willie Maughan and pregnant Ana Varslavane
Renewed appeal for missing couple | Anglo Celt
Update – Disappearance and Murder of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane - Garda
New searches as part of probe into murders of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane
Family claims gang members killed missing couple – The Irish Times
Drogheda feud gang back controlling drugs trade after death of rival Cornelius Price | Crime World
Notorious Irish gangland figure Cornelius Price dies in UK
Mother of Keane Mulready-Woods tells court of impact of teenager’s ‘brutal, tragic and horrifying’ murder – The Irish Times
Gangland figure held over assumed murder of couple five years ago
William Maughan and partner were 'discarded like a bag of rubbish', says father
Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murder of William Maughan and Anastasija Varslavane have stood down search operation | Meath Chronicle
Murder investigation after Balbriggan shooting
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21-year-old Paul Quinn was lured to a farm shed on the Monaghan-Armagh border in October 2007 and beaten to death in one of the most shocking killings in modern Irish history. This week we cover the details of the case, the allegations of IRA involvement, the politics that surrounded the investigation, and wh, despite 23 arrests and almost two decades of enquiries, the Quinn family still have not seen justice.

Hosted, written & produced by Jenny Claffey with research by Karl O'Reilly.

Sources:

BBC Spotlight - The Murder of Paul Quinn
Quinn friend tells of final moments
Man in Ireland arrested over killing linked to Provisional IRA
Top Provos blamed for savage murder | Irish Independent
The 2007 killing of Paul Quinn: A timeline of the investigation and the political fallout
Provos still getting away with murder and with a barrage of shamfaced lies
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