Crimes and Confessions - Season 1

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Una Lynskey

1 - Una Lynskey

Air Date: January 10, 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.

Sallins Mail Train Robbery

2 - Sallins Mail Train Robbery

Air Date: January 17, 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.

The Kerry Babies Scandal

3 - The Kerry Babies Scandal

Air Date: January 24, 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.