West Cork

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup wrote: »

just finished this podcast. what strikes me as bizarre is when you find sophie's house and ian's house on google maps. they're miles from each other, about a 50 minute walk on ****ty roads. and he walked on the bridge (which marie retracted), it's about a 90 minute walk. pissed drunk and in the middle of the night in winter.

Interesting...Has this mapping been done online or did you do it yourself?

The place is so remote even the technical team from Dublin couldn't find it without the local gardai. I'm sure there was a delay in them travelling down because they hadn't a clue where they were going.

The biggest **** up was leaving the body outside in the lashing rain all night.

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Is there anywhere you can listen to this for free

As far as I remember, you don't have to pay anything to listen to it on Audible. You just sign up, no payment.

Saw a tweet from one of the podcast makers today that the series is now freely available on iTunes so I downloaded the first few episodes, up to episode 5 at the moment.

This case has always fascinated me and I was glad to see the meticulous effort by the makers in retelling the story. There are so many loose ends and bungles in this case, not to mention the shady testimonies, that it is possible to come to any number of conclusions.

Something said in one of the earlier episodes by one of the locals about a possible French connection to the case stuck with me. She was married to a man of means who knew that she had been carrying on affairs. Even though all involved with the case have dismissed French involvement I don't think it is beyond question. Surely it was possible for her husband to arrange a hit and have the killer escape back on a flight/boat to France? It's also curious that all her family travelled to Ireland on Christmas eve but her husband didn't travel.

Aidric wrote: »

Saw a tweet from one of the podcast makers today that the series is now freely available on iTunes so I downloaded the first few episodes, up to episode 5 at the moment.

This case has always fascinated me and I was glad to see the meticulous effort by the makers in retelling the story. There are so many loose ends and bungles in this case, not to mention the shady testimonies, that it is possible to come to any number of conclusions.

Something said in one of the earlier episodes by one of the locals about a possible French connection to the case stuck with me. She was married to a man of means who knew that she had been carrying on affairs. Even though all involved with the case have dismissed French involvement I don't think it is beyond question. Surely it was possible for her husband to arrange a hit and have the killer escape back on a flight/boat to France? It's also curious that all her family travelled to Ireland on Christmas eve but her husband didn't travel.

Just me or did anyone get the feeling that the married man in the car with Marie Farrell was a Garda ?


She mentioned how she would never say who it was and how she was still scared of Garda check points ?


Possible even Jim FitzGerald the main Garda and that's how she knew about his birth mark as they had an affair



Possible why FitzGerald was so fixated on Bailey , because he had seen him that night but couldn't say ,

Kingp35 wrote: »

I don't understand Audible, you're charged a monthly subscription and still have to pay to download books. Why anyone would sign up to this I'll never know!

I might get the trial to download the podcast then immediately cancel.

Saved me an absolute fortune getting Harry potter audio books..

Those are over 30 quid each

Aidric wrote: »

Something said in one of the earlier episodes by one of the locals about a possible French connection to the case stuck with me. She was married to a man of means who knew that she had been carrying on affairs. Even though all involved with the case have dismissed French involvement I don't think it is beyond question. Surely it was possible for her husband to arrange a hit and have the killer escape back on a flight/boat to France? It's also curious that all her family travelled to Ireland on Christmas eve but her husband didn't travel.

Latest episode strengthens my belief in quoted theory. The Gardai wanted to speak to French persons of interest but were stonewalled by red tape on the French side. Seems that a lot of the questions put by the Gardai to French authorities were never followed up. All they got from her husband was a statement. That seems bizarre in a murder inquiry.

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Have to agree always thought the husband knows more than he lets on,
His legal team probably looked at how the Garda handled the case and thought this is brilliant no chance this can ever come back on you,
Remember he wasn't your average citizen he had many friends in high places

He seemed so uninterested in the Murder of his wife its bizzare,

Ian was the perfect patsy & almost enjoyed it

Patsy indeed, an oddball prime for framing. As Bailey's solicitor pointed out in an earlier episode there is no forensic evidence linked to Bailey. Additionally where is the motive?

The French were keen to wrap this up in a show trial but were sorely lacking when it came to questioning of persons of interest.

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Just finished it

Thought it was very good.

Really gives a great insight into Bailey and his character, you can hear it word he says.
But that does not mean he did it.

It's a real shame that the Farrell evidence is so f**ked up.

Was it Bailey she saw at Kilfadda Bridge ?
Was it an unknown other person with a dark complexion ?
Who was in the car with her ?
Could he identify the person ?
Did she even see anyone at all ?

I read up about the Galway travel agent angle.
Seems completely unrelated.
A man walks into a travel agent in Loughrea at 2:30 on the Monday
West Cork is huge so the B+B could have been anywhere, and if he was fleeing a murder scene and planning in getting out of Ireland as quick as possible what was he doing in Loughrea.
It was on the old Galway to Dublin road but a trip from Kilfadda Bridge to main street Loughrea would have been a big journey in the winter of 1996, and totally unnecessary.

Iv asked around with some Cork natives and its mentioned on the other thread but sounds like Maire Farrell is an absolute chancer and nothing she said can be taking as the truth ,

I got all 14 free via Google Podcast app.

No signups.

Looks there may be progress on this case at last?

Also

So the basis of the wanted suspect in France was identified by Marie Farrell?

I think we can ignore that one.