Garda Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland

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211 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 10 Jul

Garda Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Crime World · The Science of Fear - The Final Play (Episode 9) · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

I think it also highlights maybe to other people who are involved in crime, you know, it shows as well that despite the persona of somebody or the fear that people might have of them, voice-verified

When they're all of a sudden found in a corner, they're almost reverting to giving information to law enforcement in an effort to get themselves off some leniency or off the hook. voice-verified

So I think that's an interesting message to go out to people who are involved in crime as well. voice-verified

The success and the resilience of those investigations was a lot of those people who were willing to pull the triggers are now locked up and have been put into prison. voice-verified

But it was important for us as well to get the message out there that it's not going to be tolerated and that we're not just going to wait for people to pull the trigger and do an investigation. voice-verified

The people and the groups and the gangs who are willing to engage in this activity and these investigations are going to be investigated. voice-verified

They're going to be investigated full time covertly and we will build evidence and we will lock them up. voice-verified

So we were extremely successful with that investigation. voice-verified

There were very significant investigations. voice-verified

One of them, I suppose that's worth mentioning because of the international aspect, was the arrest and conviction of Imre Arrakis, an Estonian national who was flown into Ireland by the Kinnahan army. voice-verified

to commit a murder of a Hutch affiliate in Northern Ireland. voice-verified

So they were crossing borders and it was quite a complex investigation. voice-verified

But the level of our covert investigations that we were able to intercept him, get him prosecuted, get him sent to prison here in Ireland for a number of years... voice-verified

then have him extradited to Lithuania, where he's since been convicted of a number of organised crime-related murders over there. voice-verified

Again, and the challenge for us is to maintain it, but we have achieved a status where organised crime-related murders in Ireland are now voice-verified

Very low. voice-verified

They're the lowest they've been in my career at 36 years. voice-verified

And the challenge for us is to try and maintain that. voice-verified

But any group that's going to engage in that type of activity, I'm quite satisfied. voice-verified

We have the resources, the capabilities. voice-verified

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