Orginally published in the Irish Daily Star, November 2016. A MAN posed as a garda before threatening and forcing a call girl into performing oral sex in…… Read more “The dangers of working under Ireland’s red light”
Domestic abuse: This is what it looks like
In 2014 I sat down with Terri-Louise Graham, a brave young mum from Co Derry who wanted to share her story of physical and sexual abuse at the…… Read more “Domestic abuse: This is what it looks like”
Catholic church doctored books of mother and baby homes to claim cash from Irish State
Young mums and adoptive parents of children also duped into handing over cash to nuns in 40s, 50s and 60s. Patricia Devlin NUNS were doctoring the books of…… Read more “Catholic church doctored books of mother and baby homes to claim cash from Irish State”
Irish nuns sold ‘dead’ babies to America
By Patricia Devlin A SHELVED report which revealed concerns nuns falsified the deaths of babies before selling them to parents in the USA was seen by two…… Read more “Irish nuns sold ‘dead’ babies to America”
He made millions from heists, armed robberies and drugs, but today this criminal godfather has just €3.50 in his pocket
By Patricia Devlin CHRISTY ‘Bronco’ Dunne was once the King of Ireland’s criminal underworld who made millions from heists, armed robberies and trafficking drugs Today he…… Read more “He made millions from heists, armed robberies and drugs, but today this criminal godfather has just €3.50 in his pocket”
‘Brainwashed into believing our mother abandoned us for 18 years’
LAST month I got speaking to two very brave brothers who decided to share their desperately sad story of how their father brainwashed them against their own…… Read more “‘Brainwashed into believing our mother abandoned us for 18 years’”
The unsolved murder of Jim Goonan
You’ll notice that unsolved murders will become a theme on this blog, and it won’t be from choice. Sadly there is a shocking number of cases in…… Read more “The unsolved murder of Jim Goonan”
‘I was told that if I’d been raped, I’d get over it – but I’d never get over terminating my pregnancy’
Last year I carried out an investigation into how anti-abortion protesters were confronting women using Belfast’s Marie Stopes Centre. The article received a lot of feedback, with…… Read more “‘I was told that if I’d been raped, I’d get over it – but I’d never get over terminating my pregnancy’”
Abused, raped and forced to give birth at 12 years-old
ABUSED at the age of two, gang raped by eight and giving birth to twins at 12. This is the horrific story of a Dublin woman who…… Read more “Abused, raped and forced to give birth at 12 years-old”
I just want to look my mum’s killer in the eye and ask them,’why?’
LAST week Antoinette Smith should have been celebrating her 56th birthday. Instead her family were marking yet another year that the devoted mum had been cruelly stolen…… Read more “I just want to look my mum’s killer in the eye and ask them,’why?’”
