About this podcast
*** Following the sentencing of Cartel lieutenant Sean McGovern to 24 years in jail, the family of Noel Kirwan speak exclusively to the Kinahans Downfall podcast. Two brand new episodes are released on June 9th and June 11th ***
In February 2016, a hit-team of 6 men burst through the doors of a boxing weigh-in at Dublin's Regency Hotel. There, a Kinahan Cartel lieutenant named David Byrne, was shot point blank in the head. The attack took place in front of a room packed full of sportspeople, media and civilians including young children. From that moment on, Irish gangland would never be the same again.
The Kinahan's is a new true crime series from The Irish Sun telling the complete story of Ireland's most feared crime family. The podcast looks at how a middle class man and his two sons from Dublin, became Europes biggest drugs cartel. We also look at what comes next for the cartel, as they continue to evade The FBI, An Garda Síochána, Interpol and a number of other police services globally.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 25 episodes
- Downfall | 12 · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 12As Sean McGovern prepares to spend the best years of his life in prison, this episode reflects on the police work which took him down, and the response of the Kirwan family to…
- They Murdered Our Dad | 11 · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 11THE family of Noel Kirwan has never spoken publicly about his life, and his murder at the hands of the Kinahan Cartel. Until now. Donna and Kristopher Kirwan take listeners back…
- New listen: Nobody Heard Them Cry · 3 minIn 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…
- Epilogue: What The Monk did Next | 10 · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 10In 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…
- Day of Reckoning | 9 · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 9Episode 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…
- In Pursuit of Justice | 8 · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 8This 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…
- Order Restored | 7 · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 7In 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…
- Friends to Foes | 6 · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 6They were once inseparable as they gorged on the proceeds of their criminal empires - the Hutches, Kinahans, Byrnes. But when David Byrne was killed in 2016 at the Regency…
- The Quartermaster | 5 · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 5When an unknown middle aged man was spotted in the Kinahan Cartel uniform at David Byrne's funeral, it wasn’t a case of who’s who - but who’s he? Standing alongside known…
- Killing Patsy | 4 · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 4Patsy Hutch was also at the very top of the Cartel kill list - but unfortunately for Daniel Kinahan, by the time it came to taking him out all his best men were in prison. We…
- Professional Assassin | 3 · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 3James ‘Mago’ Gately was a man the Kinahan Cartel desperately wanted - so much so that they went for an overseas hitman to take down the Hutch gang boss. This episode tells the…
- Kill or Be Killed | 2 · 46 min · Season 2 Episode 2Episode 2 tells the story of hopeless drug addict Michael Carroll and his desperate bids to have his €40,000 Kinahan debt written off. We hear how the criminal pursed innocent…
- The End? | 1 · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 1In the three years following US sanctions and a $15million collective bounty on their heads, the Dapper Don and his sons have managed to thrive. Christy Senior, Daniel and…
- Coming next week: Kinahans Downfall · 3 min · Season 2IN the decade since the murder of gangland figure David Byrne at Dublin’s Regency Hotel, the Kinahan Cartel’s international business has only grown bigger. But while the…
- A Self-fulfilling Prophecy | 10 · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 10As The Kinahan’s structures and key members begin to fall in a post-sanctions world, we ask some questions on our series finale… Where on earth are Christy and his two sons? How…
- Supergrass | 9 · 1 h 8 min · Season 1 Episode 9The 52 day trial of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch begins in the Special Criminal Court, but not before a huge plot twist happens in the eleventh hour. Jonathan Dowdall turns state, and…
- Hiding In Plain Sight | 8 · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 8A European Arrest Aarrant is issued for Gerry Hutch, but he manages to evade authorities completely. Is it possible he has someone working on the inside? Tyson Fury continues his…
- Kin Of The Ring | 7 · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 7As the feud begins to trickle out, The Kinahan's establish themselves as a global powerhouse from their new base in the Middle East. Connections are forged with other…
- The Feud | 6 · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 6In the wake of The Regency, Gardai are on high alert around the city, as retaliation attacks begin to take place on a near weekly basis. With The Kinahans gone into hiding, their…
- The Regency | 5 · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 5Things escalate between the Hutch and Kinahan gangs after the murder of Gary Hutch. A Lanzarote hit attempt on The Monk sends things to a boiling point. Then the event that…
