Shadows of Éire | An Irish True Crime Podcast

On November 23, 2023, an unprovoked knife attack outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square East in Dublin shocked the nation.

In this episode we examine the case of 52-year-old Riyad Bouchaker—from the precise timeline of the assault and the heroic civilian interventions to the three-week criminal trial at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court and the political fallout that followed.

Discover the story of childcare worker Leanne Flynn, who repeatedly placed her body between the attacker and young children, and Brazilian delivery driver Caio Benicio, who used his motorcycle helmet to disarm the suspect.

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To society, they are a spectacle of leather and roaring engines. To the state, they are a highly disciplined network bound by an iron code of silence. The 1% Archives explores the rise, infiltration, and legal takedowns of outlaw motorcycle clubs across Ireland. From the rural parishes of Munster to the high-stakes financial seizures of the capital, this episode details the moments where internal omertà cracked under the pressure of homicide investigations and state asset raids. This is true crime built on absolute public record.

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In April 2022, the quiet coastal town of Sligo, Ireland, was shaken by a terrifying spree of hate-driven attacks targeting gay men through location-based dating applications. Over four days, 22-year-old Yousef Palani targeted Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in their own homes, while inflicting a brutal attack on survivor Anthony Burke.

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When a man is found fleeing down a country road in County Meath with an iron chain padlocked to his wrist, investigators uncover a harrowing story of alleged domestic servitude and modern exploitation.

In this episode of Shadows of Éire, we look behind the closed doors of a Ballymun flat and a rural yard to examine the unsettling mother-and-son dynamic of Jean Kearney and Mark Kearney. What began as a local drug debt spiraled into a landmark case that nearly made legal history as the state's first-ever human trafficking conviction.

During the record-breaking summer heatwave of 1976, two English fugitives arrived in Ireland evading UK rape charges—carrying out a terrifying pact to abduct and murder "a woman a week." What followed was the most complex multi-county police pursuit in modern Irish history.
In this episode of Shadows of Éire, we examine the harrowing 1976 spree of Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw and pay tribute to the lives of 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett, abducted from Brittas Bay, County Wicklow, and 24-year-old Mary Duffy, taken from Castlebar.

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