Nicola Tallent
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18,029 appearances
151 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 11 Sep
Nicola Tallent’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But where did this man, who reigned over the biggest drugs operation in the country, come from?
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And how did he make it up that greasy and bloody pole?
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Born in September 1969, his was a fairly typical Dublin working-class background.
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The fifth of seven children, his family lived on St Atracta's Road in Cabra, where some relatives are still believed to be based.
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Although Marlow was considered a bit wild growing up in this sprawling suburb just north of Dublin city centre, it was nothing beyond the usual petty crime and joyriding that often plagued these neighbourhoods.
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But there was one event, when he was 16 years old, that's believed to have shaped the rest of his life and triggered his descent into a career built on violence, armed robberies and murder.
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On the night of the 20th of December 1985, Marlowe's older sister, Julie, was raped and strangled by her alcoholic husband, Michael Brady.
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It's a horrendous story of horrific abuse, which the Hyland family tried to save Julie from on numerous occasions.
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Michael Brady was abandoned as a baby by his mother and raised by his grandparents.
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He was rejected by his mother again when years later they arranged to meet and talk.
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She stayed for only a few minutes and as a result it's believed Brady developed a mistrust and disdain for all women which he took out on his young wife.
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Brady was a big man who severely beat Julie even while she was pregnant.
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She returned to her family home in Cabra at one point with their two small daughters, but Brady wooed her back with the promise of giving up the drink.
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But just before Christmas in 1985, Brady went on a bender after work and returned home that night to Julie, who was getting the house ready for the festive season.
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He raped and then murdered her in a mindless, drunken rage and afterwards lurched up to his bedroom to pass out.
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The next morning, their five-year-old daughter Elaine arrived downstairs to find her mother's beaten and lifeless body on the floor of the sitting room.
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She rushed upstairs to tell her dad that there was something wrong with her mum, she couldn't wake her up.
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It's a detail that must have haunted Marlowe and the rest of his family for years, that a little girl should have experienced that kind of horror in her own home.
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Marlowe's mum, Nellie, would later detail just how brutal her daughter's death had been.
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I wasn't even allowed to see my daughter after he killed her, she once explained.
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