Today marks 30 years since a sheep farmer discovered the battered body of 18 year-old Inga Maria Hauser in a remote spot of Ballypatrick Forest Park on…… Read more “Face-to-face with the main suspect in the Inga Maria Hauser murder case”
Author: Patricia Devlin
Award winning journalist based in Ireland covering crime and investigations.
The questionable tactics used by Scientology linked rehab firm on Irish drug addicts
Originally published in the Sunday World, 01/04/2018 A controversial drug rehab firm linked to Scientology uses high-pressure sales tactics to get addicts to sign up to its…… Read more “The questionable tactics used by Scientology linked rehab firm on Irish drug addicts”
The RUC widow left with a collusion legacy
Published in the Sunday World (March 25, 2018) IT’S been over 40 years since Rosemary Campbell was left a heartbroken widow. But for the 84 year-old nothing…… Read more “The RUC widow left with a collusion legacy”
‘I want to send a clear message to all abusers…we are coming after you. You will all face justice’
Last week I spoke to institutional abuse survivor Cecil Wilson, who after almost four decades, bravely made a formal police complaint about a violent assault carried…… Read more “‘I want to send a clear message to all abusers…we are coming after you. You will all face justice’”
Bringing the horror of Ulster’s past, into today’s classroom
POINTING at an image of his bandmates on an assembly hall screen, Stephen Travers asks a roomful of school pupils, ‘Can any of you identify the Protestants or the Catholics?’…… Read more “Bringing the horror of Ulster’s past, into today’s classroom”
‘I know I am not the only one he has raped’ – woman left for dead after horror attack at 8 years old breaks silence
Simone aged 8 By Patricia Devlin A WOMAN left for dead in a sickening sex attack when she was just eight years-old has broken her silence for…… Read more “‘I know I am not the only one he has raped’ – woman left for dead after horror attack at 8 years old breaks silence”
This woman was shot 12 times in front of her children. The man responsible is still walking the streets of Ireland.
In June 2008 devoted mum Catherine Delaney McCormack answered a late night knock at her Clondalkin home. As she opened the door a man wearing a mask…… Read more “This woman was shot 12 times in front of her children. The man responsible is still walking the streets of Ireland.”
Where is the missing suspect sketch in the Charles Self murder case?
It’s been a week now since I contacted Gardai to ask for a response to allegations that the only sketch of a suspect in the brutal, unsolved murder…… Read more “Where is the missing suspect sketch in the Charles Self murder case?”
Jim Wells fantasist claims: ‘I’m child of evil paedophile priest’
By Patricia Devlin A FANTASIST who made a false police report claiming former Health Minister Jim Wells made homophobic comments at a public event has claimed she is the child of…… Read more “Jim Wells fantasist claims: ‘I’m child of evil paedophile priest’”
Don’t fund cruelty this Christmas
ONE of the longest running newspaper investigations I have ever carried out was one involving a Co Tyrone puppy farmer who was selling hundreds of sick and…… Read more “Don’t fund cruelty this Christmas”
