Williams - Murder Inc.: the rise and fall of Irelands most dangerous criminal gang

Paul Williams is Irelands most respected crime writer and journalist. Williams has been on the frontline of crime journalism in Ireland for over twenty-five years, exposing the crime lords and their rackets. His courageous and ground-breaking investigative work has won him multiple awards, including Print Journalist of the Year, Campaigning Journalist of the Year, Scoop of the Year, the Humbert Summer School International Media Award, and the Irish Security Industry Associations Premier Award. His previous true-crime bestsellers include The General, Gangland, Evil Empire, Crime Lords, The Untouchables, Crime Wars and Badfellas. Williams has researched, written and presented a number of major TV crime series, including award-winning Dirty Money (TV3) and Bad Fellas (RT). In 2013 Williams won another string of awards for his Anglo Tapes investigation in the Irish Independent, which revealed how Irelands most toxic bank contributed to the collapse of the Irish economy. The ground-breaking investigation, based on secret internal recordings at Anglo Irish Bank, exposed the shocking truth of how Ireland came to the brink of bankruptcy, and it made headline news across the world. The Anglo Tapes investigation won Williams the NNI 2013 Scoop of the Year and Digital awards. He also received the UCD Smurfit Business School Journalism award for Breaking Business News Story of the Year. Paul Williams is a member of the internationally respected International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) based in Washington DC.

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Kenneth Dundon Senior

Wayne Dundon

John Dundon

Ger Dundon

Dessie Dundon

Larry McCarthy Junior

Christopher McCarthy

Gareth Collins/Keogh

Anthony Noddy McCarthy

Jimmy Collins

Nathan Killeen

Jim Chaser OBrien

Anthony Kelly

Gary Campion

James Martin Cahill

April Collins

Annabel Dundon

Ciara Killeen

Anne Casey

Lisa Collins

Burned-out houses in Southill