Kinahans Downfall

In 1992, Frank McCann tried to kill his wife and child four times to keep a dark secret from coming out.
The swim coach had secretly fathered a child with a special needs teenager in 1987, just months after marrying Esther O’Brien.

With Esther on the brink of discovering the truth and after repeated efforts to kill her, he burned her and their 18-month-old foster baby Jessica to death.
And now, to the horror of those left behind, the remorseless former publican stands on the brink of a permanent release from prison.

Nobody Heard Them Cry is the extraordinary story of a woman and her child who had no idea that their Dublin home had become for them the most dangerous place on earth.

How Esther’s determination to adopt Jessica unwittingly dug up the bones of McCann’s sordid past.
And how her supposedly respectable husband was willing to do anything to keep it buried.

It’s also the story of two family’s desire to keep the unrepentant killer - currently enjoying freedom most days from prison - locked up.
With contributions from Esther’s sister Marian Leonard, McCann’s brother Bernard and gardai, the Irish Sun’s Deep Dive team also come face to face with the beast who has spent over 30 years behind bars.

The three episode series is narrated by Nicola Bardon.
Hear it here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7xAbbmH35Y1faFXWXJYTyt

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In the last episode of season 2, we look at the unbelievable story of Gerry Hutch, who was cleared in 2023 of the murder of David Byrne and then embarked on an even more unlikely path.

Banged up in Lanzarote on money laundering charges, he was freed on bail in 2024 and came home to run as a candidate in Ireland’s general election.

Episode 10 hears about one extraordinary weekend when it looked as if the Monk would become an elected TD, told by the woman who beat him to a seat.

As CAB comes looking for unpaid taxes, and Spanish authorities prepare to charge him, Gerry Hutch is ready to run for election again in a by-election.
How will this story end?

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Episode 9 looks at how the Kinahans took over an Irish prison - and what its locked up foot soldiers did next.

With vast fortunes on the tables from the Americans, are any Cartel top brass willing to snitch on Daniel?

This is the story of how the Kinahans are sailing close to US winds, with President Donald Trump vowing “obliteration” for drugs cartels.

Plus, where can they go now, with the world closing in on them, and the Irish authorities ready to push the button on an extradition warrant?

We hear how Dubai is cleaning house, booting out mobsters from Italy, Ireland, Holland, Turkey and Scotland.
The end is nigh.

Plus, where are all those Hutch targets now?

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This episode we look to Dubai, the case of Tori Towey and the skewed concept of justice there which has seen the Kinahans flourish.

This is the story of the Kinahans’ impending downfall, of why even their criminal partners would relish the arrest of Daniel.

We go back to the beginning of his boxing foray, and a chat with the man hunting Daniel down for $10million.

We look at how the Tyson Fury links killed off his boxing dream - but is Daniel Kinahan still lurking in the shadows?

In the case of Daniel's father, we hear of the Dapper Don’s dreams of a life outside of crime as a respectable man, and how his eldest son put a bullet in that.

And we look at Europe’s cocaine problem, and how the demand has created opportunities for the Kinahans law enforcement wouldn’t have dreamed of a few years ago.

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In this episode, we look at the dramatic fall of ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh - the hard man who broke down with a panic attack when UK cops nailed him on drug offences.

Back in Ireland, this episode focuses on the final two feud murders in 2018.

And we hear of the dramatic secret police mission to spring a relative from jail to ensure one of the funerals was held.

One top detective describes the Daniel Kinahan he knows, as we introduce the scene in Ireland now, where the Kinahans have been reduced to drugs wholesalers.

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