Dublin Narcos The Untouchables (Sky Documentaries Saturday 18 March 2023)

Today Saturday 18 March 2023, there is a new episode of Dublin Narcos.

The Untouchables: Ireland emerges from its economic slump in the mid-1990s as a vibrant new nation. Dublin is at the centre of this transition as the Celtic Tiger takes flight, and the city’s streets literally look like they’re made of gold. However, whereas heroin was popular during tough economic times, cocaine has emerged as the dominant drug during the recent upswing. It’s the drug of choice among the city’s newest yuppies because of its perceived safety, cleanliness, and chicness.

Yet, this is not a harmless action. Because of the high profits to be made, violent turf conflicts have broken out among the gangs supplying the city. An atmosphere of paranoia and terror reigns supreme, and the police are once again struggling to keep up with a novel type of criminal. There have been some arrests made, but it appears that the top managers are still free to do whatever they want.

Enter Veronica Guerin, crime reporter for the Sunday Independent. Veronica is as dogged as she is courageous, and so she begins to ask the tough questions and knock on the closed doors that no one has dared to before. She also comes up with a plan to ensure the claims are true: she follows the money. She writes about the influential people she observes flaunting extraordinary wealth yet having little to no transparent means of acquiring it. Her work as a journalist, however, does not go unnoticed, and she is soon in the sights of Dublin’s most deadly gangsters.

Airdate: Saturday 18 March 2023 at 21:00 on Sky Documentaries

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Fusing documentary and drama, Dublin Narcos tells the story of how drugs changed the fabric of Dublin, which can still be seen to this day. This ground-breaking series hears first-hand from an extraordinary cast of characters, swept up in the burgeoning new business of drugs – from the kingpins to the Gardaí who struggled to find new ways to bring down the new breed of criminal; from local mums who fought battles with dealers, to cocaine couriers and club owners; and from ravers who rode the wave of drug fuelled euphoria, to users whose forays into dealing led to their own downfall. Crucially, the series also hears from the fearless journalists whose attempts to expose the drug barons eventually lead to the death of one of their bravest, Veronica Guerin.

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