E182 - 182. Ireland's Stonewall- The Murder of Declan Flynn

Five men hunted him for sport.

And when it was over, the justice system let them walk free.

In 1982, 31-year-old Declan Flynn went to Dublin’s Fairview Park, unaware he had been chosen as a target in a wave of violent “queer-bashing” attacks. What followed was a brutal killing that shocked Ireland, but the real outrage came after: a courtroom decision that left the public stunned and furious. This LGBTQ+ true crime podcast episode dives into a case that didn’t just expose violence, it exposed a system that seemed to excuse it. In telling...