Ken Foy

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2,434 appearances 17 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 10 Sep

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Crime World · Martin 'the Viper' Foley to lose home over €1m debt · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

I think he might have been shot a total of 18 times in the course of all these attempts. matched

So he would have been a staple of the Sunday World going back for well over three decades. matched

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I think that's where his nickname was given and so on. matched

So I think in terms of organized crime in Ireland, he'd certainly be one of the most high-profile individuals that there are. matched

Probably everybody, matched

an enforcer. matched

He was. matched

He was actually born in Derry, and the family moved to Crumlin, I think, when he was a kid. matched

some of the Troubles issues brought them down. matched

I think so. matched

He's 1950 date of birth, so yeah, Troubles in a different sense than what broke out in the 60s. matched

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He grew up in Crumlin and he was actually two years younger than the General. matched

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It'll be a reference there, but he was a key member of that gang. matched

And yeah, he was a tough guy and yeah, matched

Subsequently, I think it was in, you know, if we roll on a bit into the 90s, one of his most significant convictions actually was for breaking the jaw of a guard. matched

He had to be extradited back from England and he got two years in a special criminal court for that. matched

But at that particular time, that gang were under major surveillance by the Gardaí. matched

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