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Kinahans Downfall

The Irish Sun

25 episodes · in order

*** 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 ***

More about the show

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

  1. THE KINAHANS

    · 2:48 · Trailer

    In February 2016, a six person hit-team burst through the doors of a boxing weigh-in at Dublin's Regency Hotel. There, a Kinahan Cartel lieutenant named David Byrne was brutally murdered, as other senior members of the…

  2. Silent Partner | 1

    · 38 min · S1 E1

    Episode 1: The Kinahans begins its story in Dublin of the late 1970’s as heroin burst onto the scene. The Dunne’s, Ireland’s leading crime group, were responsible for much of the devastation the new opioid had brought…

  3. The Seeds Of The Cartel | 2

    · 37 min · S1 E2

    Episode 2: As Christy faces his first long stint behind bars, a chance encounter inside the halls of Mountjoy Prison forges a relationship that will change Irish gangland forever. Upon his release in the early 90’s,…

  4. The Kids | 3

    · 51 min · S1 E3

    If Daniel and Christopher Kinahan Jr had been born into a different family, their path in life would have certainly been different. Listen to how the pair got involved in organised crime from a young age, and how…

  5. “U Rat” | 4

    · 52 min · S1 E4

    The Kinahan gang receive a lot of unwanted attention after the murder of Paddy Doyle on The Costa Del Sol. Spanish police close in on the gang, as wiretaps reveal the extent of The Cartels intricate money laundering…

  6. The Regency | 5

    · 47 min · S1 E5

    Things 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 changed everything… A boxing weigh-in at The…

  7. The Feud | 6

    · 58 min · S1 E6

    In 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 foot soldiers carry out a series of…

  8. Kin Of The Ring | 7

    · 55 min · S1 E7

    As 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 international drug lords, and a “Super Mafia” is…

  9. Hiding In Plain Sight | 8

    · 55 min · S1 E8

    A 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 comeback, and the cash keeps stacking…

  10. Supergrass | 9

    · 1 h 08 min · S1 E9

    The 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 brings a new Hollywood dimension to the…

  11. A Self-fulfilling Prophecy | 10

    · 52 min · S1 E10

    As 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 long can they stay on the run? And what…

  12. Coming next week: Kinahans Downfall

    · 3:08 · Trailer · Explicit

    IN 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 Dubai-based gangsters continue to grow their…

  13. The End? | 1

    · 53 min · S2 E1

    In 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 Christopher Jr’s wealth has only grown…

  14. Kill or Be Killed | 2

    · 46 min · S2 E2 · Explicit

    Episode 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 targets connected to the Hutch family-…

  15. Professional Assassin | 3

    · 51 min · S2 E3 · Explicit

    James ‘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 story of Imre Arakas and his one day in…

  16. Killing Patsy | 4

    · 46 min · S2 E4 · Explicit

    Patsy 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 meet the many men hired with the tasks of…

  17. The Quartermaster | 5

    · 31 min · S2 E5 · Explicit

    When 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 criminals of the gang, wearing the same black…

  18. Friends to Foes | 6

    · 45 min · S2 E6 · Explicit

    They 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, Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh came back from the…

  19. Order Restored | 7

    · 37 min · S2 E7 · Explicit

    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…

  20. In Pursuit of Justice | 8

    · 1 h 04 min · S2 E8 · Explicit

    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…

  21. Day of Reckoning | 9

    · 50 min · S2 E9 · Explicit

    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?…

  22. Epilogue: What The Monk did Next | 10

    · 24 min · S2 E10 · Explicit

    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…

  23. New listen: Nobody Heard Them Cry

    · 2:45 · Trailer

    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…

  24. They Murdered Our Dad | 11

    · 43 min · S2 E11 · Explicit

    THE 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 to a time before Dublin's north inner…

  25. Downfall | 12

    · 48 min · S2 E12 · Explicit

    As 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 his crimes. Reconstructing the encrypted…

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