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What happened in the car crash in County Mayo?
In 2008, innocent Robert Delaney was shot in the head on the orders of a dissident Republican. Why? Because he broke up a pub fight. Today, brain damaged. He's neither living nor dead. In a new three-part podcast by the Irish Sun, we examine the brutal crime, an insidious underworld, and a family's fearless quest for justice. And we meet Robert Delaney. This Is Robert is available wherever you get your podcasts.
Warning, the following episode contains references to extreme violence, injury, suicide and violence towards children. At the request of Owen and Rory's mother, we are including these details which have never been heard before.
I never ever felt like he was a threat to me or the boys in any way. Right down to the night that they were gone.
He hadn't a bone in his face, unbroken. His nose was gone to one side, his eye sockets were gone, his forehead was gone, his teeth, his chin.
He just shook his head and said, I'm so sorry. And my world fell apart.
Sean Foy was driving down a coastal country road in rural Rosbeg, a townland near Westport in County Mayo. It was shortly after 3.15 on the afternoon of July 29th, 2013. Holiday season. From where he was at that moment, the local solicitor was within touching distance of the west of Ireland's holy mountain, Crowpatrick. Foy's eyes were drawn to a badly damaged car which had just crashed into a wall. A man was sitting in the driver's seat. Smoke billowing in the breeze. Foy slammed on the brakes and ran to find the man trying to choke himself with a double length of rope. He roared at him.
What are you doing? What are you doing?
The passerby forced one hand inside the noose while trying to ease the pressure on the distressed man's neck with the other. The man was strong and pulled at the rope. Foy roared again. Let go! Let go! Let go! When he continued pulling, the good Samaritan drew back his arm and punched him in the side of the head. The man let go of the rope. Sean took the rope and placed it on top of the green Ford Focus. A retired school teacher named Sean O'Malley had heard the crash outside his house. He was at the scene too. Others were beginning to stop. They spotted children's things in the back. Something didn't feel right. They opened the boot. And what they found belongs in the realms of nightmares. This is Forever My Boys, a new three-part podcast from the Irish Sun's Deep Dive team.
I'm Nicola Barden. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate and leave a comment. Thank you. Episode 1, A Happy Family.
On the day in question, I was detailed as official car driver for the Westport District Patrol car and I was working on my own.
Brian Kilkelly was on duty when Gardaí received the 999 call. Today was his 49th birthday. The family and community man was creeping up on 30 years service in the force. 16 of those spent as a Garda in the Westport division. It wasn't always easy. He'd had some very tough days, which had taken their toll. But this tourist hotspot area of County Mayo was fairly peaceful. Petty crime was usually the height of it.
I actually happened to be in the station at the time a call came in. And the way the call came in was that there was a traffic accident had occurred out on the old coastal road, as it's known locally, out of Westport, that would have taken you to Morriscan Crowpatrick. So I left straight away on my own in the tour car to go out and for all intents and purposes, I was going out to investigate a traffic accident.
Who is Kathleen Murphy and what are her family dynamics?
When I arrived at the scene, as I was travelling out the old coastal road heading towards the Crowpatrick direction, this car had come from a minor road on the left-hand side by Sean O'Malley's house and crashed straight into a wall over a footpath on the opposite side of the road, you know?
Brian pulled up. He saw the green Ford Focus with the Carlo Reg. Carlo was the guts of 260 kilometres away in the south-east of the country. But there was nothing unusual about that in a beauty spot full of tourists. He saw the man in the front seat. Didn't know him. The man had just made a phone call from a stranger's mobile phone.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened in the car crash in County Mayo?
0:01–4:31
2
Who is Kathleen Murphy and what are her family dynamics?
4:31–10:27
3
What led to Sanjeev Chadha's financial troubles?
10:27–14:37
4
How did the community react to Sanjeev's actions?
14:37–19:24
5
What were the events leading up to the tragic incident involving the boys?
19:24–23:53
6
How did Kathleen and Sanjeev's relationship evolve through challenges?
23:53–27:57
7
What impact did the boys have on their family and community?
27:57–31:51
8
What are the broader themes of loss and resilience in this story?
31:51–34:39