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Podcast: Crime World
Episode: Episode 979: The Bureau - a thrilling tale of murder-suicide and dodgy dealings on the border
Description: The extraordinary murder of border drug dealer Paddy Farrell by his young lover Lorraine Farrell in Drogheda in 1997 lies at the heart of a new book written by award-winning Irish author Eoin McNamee.Farrell - who was believed to have been shot during a sex game by Lorraine, who then turned the gun on herself - was a close friend of McNamee’s colourful father Brendan who ran a bureau de change on the border in the 1980s and 1990s.Nicola speaks with Eoin McNamee about his new book The Bureau and the intriguing stories of...