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To mark the end of this season of Inside the Crime, we held a very special event with a live audience of listeners to The Charles Self Murder.
We wanted to bring the series to a close by going deeper inside the crime, so we invited a panel of guests to join Frank on stage at Bartley’s lounge at the Grafton Hotel in Dublin.
From the confusing elements of the crime scene to the social injustices that coincided with the murder, there was so much to dig into.
Gay rights activist Tonie Walsh, criminologist Trina O'Connor, and architect Hugh Wallace who was a contemporary of Charles', joined Frank on stage with our host for the evening, Andrea Gilligan.
We recorded it and wanted to share it with those of you who couldn’t make it.
Having been convicted of Una Lynskey's murder, Martin Conmey and Dick Donnelly began their sentences in Mountjoy prison in 1972.
For Martin, his release almost three years later was supposed to mean a return to normality and a fresh start, but he found it almost unbearably hard to live with...
Published 02/27/24
Just a few months after the horrific events of December 1971, Martin Conmey and Dick Donnelly were charged Una Lynskey's murder.
Martin had made a false confession to gardaí at Trim Garda Station, however Dick refused to sign anything despite claiming he came under similar pressure.
They each...
Published 02/20/24