Crimes and Confessions
Crimes and Confessions
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Crimes and Confessions

2022
2 seasons
3 episodes

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.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Una Lynskey

    10-01-2022

    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.

  • Ep 2

    2.Sallins Mail Train Robbery

    17-01-2022

    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.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Kerry Babies Scandal

    24-01-2022

    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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