A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell: A brilliant exercise in the uncanny
Book about double murderer Malcolm Macarthur is an exercise in the uncanny
Malcolm Macarthur
Meeting the murderer: Why did Mark O’Connell sit down to talk with Malcolm Macarthur?
Forty-one years have passed since Macarthur emerged from the fringes of a driftless Irish gentrified background to commit two brutal killings
Brendan O’Connor tries not to take sides, but fails to hide his feelings
RTÉ presenter tries not to take sides, though he doesn’t hide his views during defence debate
How murderer Malcolm Macarthur spends his days: library visits, bookshop browsing, living a quiet life
Harry McGee met murderer Malcolm Macarthur over the past 18 months and spoke to him at length as he wrote his book, The Murderer and the Taoiseach
The murderer, the attorney general, the taoiseach and the birth of Gubu
Malcolm Macarthur’s crimes in 1982 almost toppled Charles Haughey’s government
Criminal assets: Six Irish houses with dark pasts
Jessbrook, former home of convicted criminal John Gilligan, is ‘sale agreed’
Political factors key to deciding if long-term prisoners stay in jail
Study says overall murder rate and media profile of convict are factors in decision
First Director of Public Prosecutions Eamonn Barnes dies
Tenure noted for decisions such as not to prosecute Malcolm MacArthur, Ian Bailey
Dún Laoghaire vendor can sell newspapers ‘for rest of life’
Judge rules man may operate at entrance to shopping centre, after owners take case
Dún Laoghaire news vendor had role in finding Malcolm Macarthur
Decision on Friday as to whether stand can remain at entrance to shopping centre
Dwyer likely to be “new Malcolm Macarthur” and serve decades in jail
Average life sentence currently 17 years, up from 7½ in 1970s and 1980sSmall group of notorious killers kept in prison for up to 50 years
Life sentence deal for guilty plea suggested
Parole Board chief says power to release prisoners should not lie with minister
Ireland manager Kearney believes list of injuries in realm of Gubu
27 injured or suspended over course of Six Nations campaign
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