Afleveringen
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Pat attempts a new start in life, moving to Dublin. He begins a new career, and what feels like a new dawn. A new major figure in his life offers great new opportunities, but before long Pat begins to slide back into old habits, as he hunts out and devises new schemes.
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Pat descends into the world of crime, as he goes after soft targets and finds the need of his gambling addiction overrides the weight of any guilt.
While his early crimes are small, they rapidly escalate and set his life on a drastically different course, leading to police attention, a desperate attempt to save his reputation and a sudden moment of self-reflection.
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Limerick City, a young Pat Sheedy, the first bet, and the first con. This is how it all started, from minor moments that grew to become the start of a dark road.
How did his early years shape the life of crime to come? And what role did those days in Limerick play in his addiction?
Credits:
Producers/Presenters: Ian Maleney, and Nicola Tallant.
Executive producer for GoLoud is Eoin Brennan
Commissioning Editor: Darren Cleary
Sound design: Neil Kavanagh.
GoLoud promotion, design and video: Roisin Reilly, Siobhan Walsh, Cameron Rooney, Andrew McConnell and Darragh Murphy.
If you have been impacted by the issues raised in this series, you can contact Gambling Care on 1800 936 725, or visit gamblingcare.ie
Contact us at [email protected]
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A phone call from prison begins a journey into the world of Pat Sheedy, a convicted fraudster who has a tip for us. And after that, he has an even bigger story to tell.
It leads us into a world of cons, crime, manipulation and addiction. But, can all be as it seems?
Credits:
Producers/Presenters: Ian Maleney, and Nicola Tallant.
Executive producer for GoLoud is Eoin Brennan
Commissioning Editor: Darren Cleary
Sound design: Neil Kavanagh.
GoLoud promotion, design and video: Roisin Reilly, Siobhan Walsh, Cameron Rooney, Andrew McConnell and Darragh Murphy.
If you have been impacted by the issues raised in this series, you can contact Gambling Care on 1800 936 725, or visit gamblingcare.ie
Contact us at [email protected]
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The Gambler tells the fascinating, and often mysterious, tale of Pat Sheedy – a convicted fraudster from Moyross, Limerick, who perpetrated multiple cons to fund a gambling addiction that spiralled out of control and consumed his life.
Over the course of 18-months, Tallant and Maleney have delved into every aspect of Sheedy’s story, from his early life, to his descent into the world of crime, and his attempts to redeem himself and set right the wrongs of his past.
This eight-part series combines interviews with Sheedy, his victims, experts on gambling addiction, and a rich soundscape, to bring listeners on a deeply personal, riveting journey that explores crime, addiction, manipulation, guilt and redemption.
