# The Póilíní Podcast

A podcast by Tinpot Productions. The Póilíní Podcast brings listeners on a journey through stories from the history of Irish policing, stretching over 200 years. Each week, we’ll take a story from our policeman’s notebook to paint a picture of incredible, often untold, events and through the lens of these stories, look at the lives of serving members, their families and society in Ireland and beyond. The podcast is presented by Garda historian Dr John Reynolds, and writer and journalist Helen Moorhouse. Dr John Reynolds, PHD, holds 40 years’ service as a member of An Garda Síochána. During his career, he worked in surveillance, serious crime investigations, Disaster Victim Identification and frontline emergency dispatch. Since retiring from the force, he has founded the Garda Museum and served as chief coordinator for the Garda centenary. Helen Moorhouse is a writer, journalist, novelist and self-confessed ‘history nerd’. Together, they have compiled a casebook of gripping yarns, tragic tales and forgotten people - not to be missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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## Latest episodes

- [The Birdhill Baby: A Tragic Discovery Wrapped in the Evening Herald](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809845024/4999b0d1a1b6) (2026-10-22, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a82c4496e5b5bfda6633d7e/e/6ad89eae70af2b1aa7db1ec4/media.mp3
- [The First Ban Gardaí, Yvonne Burke and the Women Who Broke the Mould](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809845024/90c9f32eda29) (2026-10-15, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a82c4496e5b5bfda6633d7e/e/6ace259e0c6b30397be88eeb/media.mp3
- [The Macushla Ballroom Martyrs: From Showbands to Showdown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809845024/3488e9c2ac59) (2026-10-08, 32 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a82c4496e5b5bfda6633d7e/e/6ac65b6329b9fbfbe2561512/media.mp3
- [Stringybark Creek: The Irish Policemen Who Hunted Ned Kelly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809845024/0025af073a7c) (2026-10-01, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a82c4496e5b5bfda6633d7e/e/6abbcd5bed4e198024c8686d/media.mp3
- [The Kidnapping of Gilbert Potter: A District Inspector's Fatal Sense of Duty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809845024/e8cf4fdc09e7) (2026-09-24, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a82c4496e5b5bfda6633d7e/e/6ab3dccb864264ef3e3f2081/media.mp3
- [The Carrickshock Massacre: Ten Minutes That Shook Irish Policing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809845024/6a1794564365) (2026-09-17, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a82c4496e5b5bfda6633d7e/e/6aaa9eadbf7eb386d3a85b2f/media.mp3
- [The Póilíní Podcast Trailer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6809845024/3affa31a376f) (2026-09-10, 1 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a82c4496e5b5bfda6633d7e/e/6a82d93555b9192dc917b395/media.mp3

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