John Sweetman
speaker
14,905 appearances
34 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard today
John Sweetman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This episode contains mentions of coercive control and domestic violence.
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If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, help is available.
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Contact Women's Aid on 1-800-341-900.
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This episode also contains references to suicide and suicidal ideation.
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If you need help, please reach out to the Samaritans on 116123.
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The switchboard at Sligo Garda Station's communication room lights up.
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It's just after 9.30pm on Sunday, September 18, 1988, and the person on the phone is frantic.
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Gunfire has been heard in the car park of the local hospital, Sligo General.
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Another call comes through.
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In the background, there is shouting, crying, confusion.
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Two people have been shot.
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Inspector Jim Sheridan closes his eyes.
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He's fled in a white Ford Fiesta, the caller says, possibly heading for Donegal along the N15.
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How had it come to this?
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When someone is killed in Ireland, the Gardaí call in a specialist unit of forensic crime scene examiners from the Technical Bureau.
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This is Ireland's real-life version of CSI, but it's nothing like the movies or TV shows.
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For 25 years, I was one of the detectives on that team.
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My name is John Sweetman.
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My job as a guarded detective in the Technical Bureau was to read the evidence that could not speak for itself.
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I learned to see what others might miss.
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