Sean McGovern sentencing: the fall of Daniel Kinahan's second-in-command (Part 2)

About this episode

The episode discusses the sentencing of Sean McGovern and the violent activities of the Kinahan Cartel, including their failed murder plots.

Sean McGovern was on a mission to kill as a senior lieutenant in the Kinahan Cartel when he organised to use tracker devices in the plan to murder Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan. Later as he and his cell targeted James ‘Mago’ Gately they had no idea they were under surveillance and that their murder plot would lead to their downfall. Yesterday McGovern was confronted by a victim impact statement from the children of Kirwan, Donna and Christopher, who told him they would never get over their Dad’s death. Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about the sensational evidence that give us a window into the blood lust of the Kinahan Cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Nicola

Guest: Eamon Dillon

Topics covered

• Kinahan Cartel
• murder plots
• victim impact
• crime
• law enforcement
• gang violence

Keywords

• Sean McGovern
• Kinahan Cartel
• murder
• Noel Kirwan
• Eamon Dillon
• crime
• gangs
• victim impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kinahan Cartel, Acast

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