{"id":488629,"date":"2026-06-08T07:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/488629\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T07:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:08:06","slug":"unsolved-gangland-murders-a-prison-escape-and-ripping-a-pigeons-head-off-the-violent-life-of-criminal-lee-mcdonnell-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/488629\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsolved gangland murders, a prison escape and ripping a pigeon\u2019s head off \u2013 the violent life of criminal Lee McDonnell &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxOMGpQOFJjV2J3RTUyNXIxVjl4dFVsejZqS1NacHBBUVdZQzh1TTZjRmtzVFNCdWhqUzR0OG4xMnFoQkpoT2tqWF9YdEdYR3JKZEoxY29NYW5DV3prZ2dIWG5vQTZwZlVsRkV2aVljUkd1SVpDTzU5WDlVZUVIbGJGR3hNdkFCYnNKQjVpRUV4UFEwMkY4TXlrWVNvWmVtYVZfaXVSQVA4RXBQZWd3NWJHSFFuWTc0cHQxbUxla2lrNVdSMmJ0X01QVVZwVkRDNVcxaHI0TUxUb1lzUWg2WThVc2RrcENOQ01KdzR4c2x4M05pRHY0ZllkYTQ5NXU4aGM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unsolved gangland murders, a prison escape and ripping a pigeon\u2019s head off \u2013 the violent life of criminal Lee McDonnell<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE1oTXJWRjlnU0tON3c1WTJpeURYMlpmNmdZcDRLWDhlZjlxSmZIY1pwMlFZNDBCdi1xdlBRYk15S3F4TVNWckhhOTZ4cENRS3M3ZUlMcHRkNXNaTFFJZjduaUE4T1d3TDEybC00SDVRcTIwMEcyTV9oVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Garda watchdog investigating death of man in custody<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPZmtvTlNtTG1tT3p3NUVRUUUwcFNaUzVxSnRPSUNtMklydnBDNUZpTkxWRkg3NFV6Ym1OVFBLWnFCaUc2bnNIeC10SkZzbkd6Slp5WWRyREdRMW9RVFFlNHFXTGlyZFk1VG9OVk9YV1EwVUIyd2phNXZsZHdXQm1ZT3gxREEwUkZJMVBfdGMyQS1uYVczRkFaWk10YlFOaUtHV1dQSTVsTnM5eEgtU3cwNW1rQVVRWmhwclNaTkszYU01R1lSYkd0NHUwUEgxTEgzQUNDZTV3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man who died in Garda custody suspected of stabbing man who died after jumping into Liffey<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE1UbGk3RkNNU29mcGFOYjV5a0l0UVRDd0FWLVkxVUUxMmFpUUdwQ3d0RW52cjJJbzdXYVNpOTY0VGhSODJBZlJTUGo3bWJreXZRMHR3Z3l3cWRWZmtqZkFSSmwxbXRTUlY1TFlBb2U3RTQ4aTVudFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man who died in garda custody was suspect in alleged Dublin memorial gardens assault<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQOGUxOTk0NzdYOGEyXzdzTzZ0cHFUY3VWZklHS3QxT0VCMHZvQlVkUGloRWlSYXJoR2ZHbC1TQ3lTMTJfZ0I4N09JX3hSYWxGWTF6QXlRWmR3a2tBZ01iZVBHN3cwR01SeVVjN0JtY2NXU1NvTjRDR3ZqWl8wUFduckJVVHdXeTVqUWRjRGw4aC00X3pjRGxFRl9B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Garda watchdog investigating after death of man in custody over weekend<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unsolved gangland murders, a prison escape and ripping a pigeon\u2019s head off \u2013 the violent life of criminal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-488629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}