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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 8 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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

We actually have the knowledge and the experience now as well. voice-verified

with fantastic investigators. voice-verified

We work very close with our security and intelligence services because we can't do this work without being totally embedded with our security and intelligence people. voice-verified

And we have the tactical resources available to us from our emergency response unit and the highest of international standards that are available to us in all of those areas. voice-verified

are applied, and that's including my own investigators at Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau. voice-verified

Since 2016, up until even recently, there's been in excess of 150 people have been prosecuted under this legislation. voice-verified

Quite a number of them have already been convicted. voice-verified

This is powerful legislation. voice-verified

So, you know, we've seen convictions in this jurisdiction for people who have bought phone credits... voice-verified

for phones who've then been convicted for, you know, under that organised crime legislation in relation to murders that have been carried out. voice-verified

So for facilitating or enabling an organised crime gang. voice-verified

In excess of seven people have been prosecuted for directing organised crime in Ireland. voice-verified

So this legislation is hugely significant and a very, very powerful tool. voice-verified

So, you know, we've had situations where that legislation has been used in some of our more recent even significant drug seizures along the coastline, where people have been prosecuted under our organised crime legislation, where they haven't even landed drugs in Ireland, where their efforts have failed, but we've been able to prosecute them. voice-verified

So, you know, the tools available to us from a legislative perspective are top class. voice-verified

Crime World · The Science of Fear - Borrowed Time (Episode 7) · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

Our investigation identified significant evidence in relation to logistics route into the UK that was actually being used by the gang. voice-verified

So that information, which was in the form of a logistics document that had been left behind, hadn't been destroyed as it was supposed to. voice-verified

actually identified a company in the UK and a potential route that was being used by the gang to smuggle their drugs and firearms into the UK. voice-verified

So that information absolutely was passed straight over to the National Crime Agency. voice-verified

What happened afterwards then just proved really the levels that they were willing to go to because the reality is the people killed had nothing to do with any of this. voice-verified

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