Incident Brief: Stopping a Dublin terror attack

About this episode

The episode discusses the arrest of Mark Wolf in Dublin and the investigation that led to it.

In June 2021, armed Gardaí carried out a search at a hostel on Gardiner Street in Dublin. They arrested a 37-year-old man named Mark Wolf. He had a sordid past. He was a wanted man in the UK. So how did gardaí find him? And what dark obsessions was he harbouring? Presented by John Sweetman Created by Darren Cleary Episode Written by Darren Cleary Script Edited by Eoin Brennan Produced by Siobhan Walsh Produced by Siobhan Maguire Executive Produced by Eoin Brennan Executive Produced by Ruth Fitzsimons Sound Design and Editing by Neil Kavanagh Audio Editing Support by Ed Smith Marketing Support by Laura Bracken and Róisín Reilly Social Support by Mark Hayes and Robyn Ree Artwork and Graphics by Eric Rowntree

People in this episode

Host: John Sweetman

Topics covered

• terror attack
• Dublin
• Gardaí
• arrest
• criminal history
• investigation

Keywords

• Dublin
• terror attack
• Mark Wolf
• Gardaí
• arrest
• criminal past
• June 2021

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Dublin

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