Paul Williams - Crooks, Ireland's Criminal Underworld Exposed

Award-winning crime journalist, author, broadcaster and criminologist Paul Williams has spent over four decades investigating and reporting on crime, infamous criminals and cases that shocked the nation.

Williams discusses his career with fellow author and journalist, Ronan McGreevy. Paul’s compelling accounts, from his early days working as a rural rookie reporter, to a high-profile crime correspondent investigating Ireland’s most ruthless gangs and crimelords, record the evolution of crime in modern Ireland. Irish criminal syndicates have achieved global cartel notoriety, bringing into sharp focus the symbiotic relationship between social behaviours and attitudes and the growth of organised crime.

Williams’ new book Crooks, emphasises the essential role of crime journalism, but beyond the gripping headlines, there is a price to be paid by journalists when their work brings them into conflict with the worst elements of the criminal landscape. Williams has faced death threats and required 24-hour police protection and he remembers the friends and colleagues who sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of crime journalism.

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