In the first of three episodes, Charlie Bird tells the sensational story of an attempt to extort five million pounds from the Irish Government in 1979 by threatening to unleash an epidemic of Foot & Mouth Disease. Retired Head of the Fraud Squad Superintendant, Willie McGee is interviewed by Charlie, and the amazing tale of Tom Smith and his outrageous extortion gang unfolds.
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In the second of three episodes, Charlie Bird continues the sensational story of an attempt to extort five million pounds from the Irish government in 1979 by threatening to unleash an epidemic of Foot & Mouth Disease.
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Legendary Irish International and British & Irish Lion fly half Ollie Campbell talks to Gary Cooke. Ollie played flyhalf for Ireland from 1976 to 1984. He is most well known for his role in orchestrating Ireland’s Triple Crown victory at the 1982 Five Nations Championship, breaking a drought of over 30 years
Mick Galwey won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the Kerry Gaelic football team in 1986, as a 19-year-old, before turning to rugby union. He is thus the only winner of an “All-Ireland” in both rugby union and Gaelic football. Making international Rugby debut in 1991 against France and became the team’s captain ten years later. In the 1993 Five Nations Championship match against England, Galwey rounded off a fine display in the 17–3 defeat by scoring the only try of the game. His efforts were rewarded later that year when he was selected for the Lions tour to New…
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Explore the beauty of Kerry’s landscape this August or October on one of our walking weekends. In a year like no other we have the perfect fix of a safe place to explore our beautiful scenery combined with a gorgeous weekend break at the four star, Rose Hotel. From our inaugural walking weekend in 2019 we have listened to our customer’s feedback and added an extra date to our walking calendar this year, Mount Brandon on 28th August and back by popular demand in October is the Loch a Duin Valley. Our packages include two night’s bed & breakfast, dinner…
Pat Keenan on happenings in around the capital ‘I saw you on the Nine O’Clock News last night,’ There were many phone calls and people stopped me in the streets. Fame at last. There is the oft-quoted Andy Warhol prediction: ‘Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes’. My television debut (…and swansong) fell short of that by as much as fourteen minutes. Less quoted but perhaps more appropriately, Warhol added: ‘art is what you can get away with’ It was one of those lighter wrap-up pieces RTÉ often use to end the nights news. The year was 1999 and there…