
Shattered Lives
Hosted by Mick and Paul · Reach Ireland Podcasts
4.7from 555 ratings
- 304
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 555
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Shattered Lives
Shattered Lives is Ireland’s premier crime podcast. It’s hosted by Paul Healy and Michael O’Toole, two of Ireland’s leading crime reporters. It examines gangland feuds, murder investigations, major trials, and the biggest crime stories in Ireland.
- Publisher
- Reach Ireland Podcasts
- Category
- government · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 304 episodes have a transcript.

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Christy Kinahan kicked out of Dubai, Nikita Hand releases book

17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Crime Catch Up: Michael Healy Rae assaulted, Jason Hutch extradited, Trump visit

3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Q&A: Reporting crime in Ireland
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Christy Kinahan kicked out of Dubai, Nikita Hand releases book
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The evidence appears to be all against the feud. So maybe this backs up our belief and the belief of most journalists was that Christie Senior didn't want anything to do with this feud and wasn't involved in it. That this was being prosecuted by people underneath him. Yeah, I mean, we were always told that Daniel prosecuted the feud. And as you say, that foil was about the feud itself as to whether There were maybe arguments about how things were funded. Certainly it was always the belief that while the father had handed over the reins, he still very much was bankrolling everything. And, you know, he hadn't completely let go of his control of the cartel. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 24 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 531 ratings
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- 75
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Shattered Lives?
Mick and Paul host the show. Published by Reach Ireland Podcasts.
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