GunPlot

Episodios

• Where is Jón? - Trailer 08.01.2025 2m

  Publishing from January 27th 2025 - a new multi-episodic series from RTÉ in Ireland and RÚV in Iceland. To get early access, subscribe to our series feed entitled 'Where is Jón?' from wherever you get your podcasts.
• Finding Samantha: Trailer 21.04.2023

  A woman who has created more than 100 fake identities. A young girl found wandering the streets of Dublin. A teenager deported from Canada. Stories of sustained sexual abuse at the hands of many. Kidnapping charges, prison time, lies, fraud and dec
• Tiger Roll, The People's Horse. Episode 1: A Star Is Born 23.02.2022 30m

  In March 2010, a foal is born. Growing up on a lake shore farm in Ireland, with his mother and the man who bred him, his whole world changed when he was sold at 8 months old - to begin his journey into the world of horse racing. (Ep1/7).
• Bonus: Appendix Trial Tapes 4 17.06.2021 1h 6m

  The fourth and final recordings we have from the Arms Trial. Taking place on the morning of October 20th 1970, this is the unedited courtroom tape recording of the closing address to the jury by Niall McCarthy, Charlie Haughey’s Barrister. A masterclas...
• Bonus - Appendix Trial Tapes 3 16.06.2021 49m

  The third of four recordings we have from the Arms Trial. Taking place on the morning of October 20th 1970, this is the unedited courtroom tape recording of a legal argument. This is something you never read about from a trial. Such discussions between...
• Bonus: Appendix Trial Tapes 2 15.06.2021 45m

  The second of four recordings we have from the Arms Trial. Taking place on the afternoon of October 16th 1970, this is the unedited courtroom tape recording of the opening speech by Peter Maguire, Charlie Haughey’s barrister. The case for the defence o...
• Bonus: Appendix Trial Tapes 1 14.06.2021 1h 25m

  The first of four recordings we have from the Arms Trial. Taking place on the morning of October 16th 1970, this is the unedited courtroom tape recording of Captain James Kelly being cross examined by Seamus McKenna, Prosecution Barrister....
• EP9 - Fallout 07.06.2021 40m

  More than 50 years after the Arms Crisis of 1970, the effects echo through to today. There was personal fallout, financial fallout, social fallout and political fallout. It was, and continues to be, the biggest political scandal of modern Ireland. So w...
• EP8 - The Trial 31.05.2021 43m

  A stunning period in Irish life comes to a climax. Four men stand before the High Court, charged with conspiring to import arms and ammunition illegally into Ireland. A Government Minister, an Army officer, a Belgian businessman and a proud IRA man. If...
• EP7 - Implosion 24.05.2021 44m

  The country is about to wake up to some shocking news. The plan to secretly import weapons is blown wide open and the dominoes are about to start falling with devastating consequences for some of those involved. Released Weekly.Companion TV document...
• EP6 - Closing In 17.05.2021 35m

  Attempts continue to bring black market sub-machine guns and pistols into Ireland. But when an Irish policeman is shot on the streets of Dublin, everything changes. And the forces seeking to undo the entire plot to import guns are growing stronger. (Ep...
• EP5 - Deeper 10.05.2021 32m

  The hunt for guns leads to a meeting in Antwerp with a shady arms dealer. The Minister for Defence issues a directive that could lead to an invasion of Northern Ireland. A group of men wait at Dublin Port for a shipment of arms to arrive. Official Irel...
• EP4 - Muzzy 03.05.2021 35m

  It’s October 1969 and the truth is becoming murky. A plan to buy weapons begins to come together. And a group of men go shopping for guns. But what happens when the arms dealer they meet is actually a foreign spy? Released weekly.Companion TV docume...
• EP3 - Plan B 26.04.2021 41m

  A secret plan by members of the Irish Government to import guns into Ireland begins to come together. But forces are gathering in the wings to scupper it. Will the plot survive? (Ep3/9). Released Weekly.Companion TV documentary to this series, also ...
• EP2 - Invasion 19.04.2021 38m

  As tensions continue to rise, the Irish Army is hurriedly moved to the border of Northern Ireland. Is this a sign that Ireland is going to take on the might of the British Empire? One Irish government minister hopes so. And his name is Neil Blaney. (Ep...
• EP1 – The Spark that Lit the Flame 12.04.2021 31m

  An Irish Army Captain goes on holidays – a strange kind of holiday. To a city where he knows there is likely to be ‘trouble’. He arrives as a three-day street battle, now known as 'the Battle of the Bogside', begins. And it changes everything...
• Trailer - GunPlot 30.03.2021 1m

  Lies, spies, and betrayal led to the defining political scandal of modern Ireland. What happened to the truth? Questions still remain... 'GunPlot' - a new 9 part podcast series and TV documentary from RTÉ. Ep1 of th...