Justice Minister Helen McEntee has criticised a new documentary series featuring interviews with Irish criminal John Gilligan.
Speaking to Newstalk on Monday, the producer of Confessions of a Crime Boss, David Harvey, defended the series and said that stories like this"should be told.""We made it because we were offered an opportunity to spend some time with John Gilligan," he said.
"As an opportunity to put John Gilligan on the record for a company like ours, that specialises in making international crime television, it was too good an opportunity to miss.""It is Gilligan telling his story, but Gilligan telling his story within a framework that allows the truth to come out." With groundbreaking interview access, former crime boss John Gilligan discusses his infamous stint in the Irish underworld. Fans of true crime will not want to miss this!
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