Dublin criminal the General - Martin Cahill - in 1988.

Dublin criminal Martin Cahill interviewed by Brendan O'Brien for Today Tonight programme on organised crime, 1988. Cahill was shot dead by republican paramilitaries in Ranelagh, Dublin in 1994, apparently for colluding with loyalist paramilitaries who bombed the Widow Scallan pub on Pearse Street in Dublin.

[@GB-vn1tf]

Honestly that's an amazing interview, first TV interview in history where the guy being interviewed covers his face with his hand! Brilliant.

[@tonedeafmunkey]

Brendan Gleeson done a great job playing him

[@Devoted_believer]

And he's the image of him as well lol

[@El_terrible1985]

Great film

[@geoffedwards-tb4kp]

Didn't need any make up.

[@patrickjm3487]

I agree with you on that one and no one else could do that acting like that He was just the perfect fit as they say He done us all very proud in the movie Really top guy and is one of the very best Actors ever in Irish movies which was based on the criminal underworld and true story )) God bless ya man enjoy your movies and documentary’s etc etc etc!!!!!

[@melonheadr7166]

I started thinking it was him in the movie

[@mikesmith9110]

The RTE 'Journalist' will not door step or follow the corrupt politicians or the bankers.

[@garethfitzee5492]

Mike Smith on the ball lad

[@ahogan5094]

@My Toilet Shitehouse shut it you mut

[@paulr7028]

100%

[@digitalsoldier3894]

RTE are the Irish equivalent to the BBC. They also enjoy tampering with Children

[@tommybrowne9714]

Réal criminals

[@tomennis7414]

And what about the Guards sitting outside your house 24/7....jaysus I never see them 😄😄😄

[@alanconvey4030]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@iamrodrigues4939]

Jam Rodrigues Finnuno 5567890543217890

[@KretinoSantino]

He sure didn't seen them ..... on the day he was silenced.

[@alanclarke1320]

@@KretinoSantino murdered was he

[@jon...6825]

@@alanclarke1320 no went on a holiday, have a look at the moooovie,,,,,

[@panic7659]

3:56 well who do you think the general is?.. “I don’t know, some army officer”. 😂😂😂

[@andys2856]

At least he gave him an interview of sorts, hats off for that.

[@johnomeara2663]

He nailed Johnny from fair city to the pool table

[@waynesteadfineartphotograp2758]

Even the interviewer loved him. The best.

[@michaelmcateer1156]

Living in Dublin in the late 1980s was brilliant. I still remember fondly the smell of damp in the bedsits in Phibsboro and Rathgar when I worked as a Clerical Assistant in the Civil Service, on a take-home pay just 20 quid a week more than the dole. It was perfectly normal to drink pints of Harp.

[@rabmccudden683]

Ah Harp. Milk of the Gods

[@Saxonbedwitch]

​@@rabmccudden683Absolutely. It's a saintly tipple .

[@tw3253]

Martin cahill use to pick my granny up from dublin airport everytime she came over from england. Always called for a cuppa tea, was a gentleman

[@jasonwhelan4475]

Ur lying

[@Weebay_213]

Jon Voight's very well studied and..'as good as if gets' portrayal of the Old Country Garda was brilliant. One of the few if only, authentic sounding Garda / Oul fella from Ballyshite, Co. Mayo

[@mattvolcom76]

At least he gave the reporter the interview. Most criminals run away like idiots but he answered the questions. I have to admit, I like criminality and I like the way the General handled that. He wasn't De Niro in Goodfellas but he was an ordinary decent criminal.

[@andrew-hd8do]

Cops sat outside his house everyday,but not the day he got whacked.

[@RichieC135]

Good.

[@leemorrison2394]

Just watched this and I must say the journalist here is 100 percent a proper man with balls, men these days cut off there own balls and try become woman. This geezer kept his balls and rubbed them in the face of a so called general. Times have changed no real reporters anymore

[@NxDoyle]

I was going to say that I don't understand why people turn criminals into folk heroes. But then I remembered that I used to do it too...when I was a child.

[@samsule8339]

nice one

[@DU0ZA]

shame you grown up now ...

[@corettaha7855]

Nx Doyle because people don’t support the establishment that criminalizes them, silly.

[@robertbourke8618]

Children and men that never grow up and get jobs do it

[@masonollie1]

He was a very clever man can’t deny that

[@tomparker962]

Very clever very cunning and had steel balls

[@lightofchicagoproductionz9012]

Thats why they killed him cause they couldnt compete,The IRA was hating on him

[@colmmeister]

After what Cahill did to the chief forensics investigator, I'm surprised he had the balls to talk to him at all. I'd say Brendan was checking under his car for months after approaching the psycho.

[@lightofchicagoproductionz9012]

because of martin Cahill i became a better criminal thanx Martin !!! never forget you , ALL DA WAY FROM CHICAGO !!!

[@therealleonidas229]

He said he has a job being a private detective but only gets paid if he finds the paintings

[@jimohara]

Shouldn’t have been broadcasting his home address like that.

[@NewHandle_]

You don't know the Irish Garda then 😂

[@jimohara]

@@NewHandle_ I know them enough not to want to know them.

[@anthonykilgannon3443]

This is great footage well done.martin Cahill had a very diverse way of answering questions.hard to pin down.

[@patrickconnors4602]

The face on the lad he stood beside pmsl.

[@thefrogfather2891]

92 pound a week in the 80s that's fucked you don't even get that now

[@robertbourke8618]

Plus 5 quid for fuel allowance!!!

[@BillyMorgan-df5ms]

92 pound in 88 was worth 255€ in today's money that's without a fuel voucher

[@TheOgo1971]

I read the book on martin "THE GENERAL" cahill when I was in prison and it was good....

[@staffy4389]

The garda couldn't take him down, so they employed the INLA.

[@jameslarkin8494]

Wrong

[@UnderSurveillanceSince]

A few organization like that, not smart enough on their own. They need others 🙂

[@Heresy1987]

Provos claimed responsibility and stated why they did the hit. Not much evidence to suggest it was the INLA

[@jamesdaly7664]

The garda always use murderer

[@quack437]

If the reporter wanted to be smart there he could have said why you claiming dole when you work for a detective agency ... But known cahill he would have had a good answer 😂😂😂😂

[@jezlanejl]

He said he was on standby. If you're nit actually earning money then you can claim.

[@deniscrowley3365]

They actually stopped his dole after that interview because they said he was working as a PI , the poor dole worker who told him his money was stopped was found on the train tracks with bullets in his legs

[@quack437]

@@deniscrowley3365 actually i think it was the guy who signed the paperwork to stop his dole that got shot ... I believe the reason it was stopped was because he had so much unexplainable wealth for a person on the dole and in the dail was named as the person who carried out various robberies

[@macaroonlee]

It was a sting set up by the gardai and interpol using an undercover dutch cop acting as a dutch art dealer. Cahill got cold feet halfway through the meeting and decided not to give the paintings to the "art dealer".

[@Bertiesghost]

£100 a week in '88! Bloody hell Thats not bad

[@deansgnr]

When the joker said this town deserved a better class of criminal he had martin in my mind,I dont believe in lawbreaking but if you can do it as well or as smart as he could MORE POWER TO YOU

[@MrsFooFoo]

The text below is the dictionary description of the word 'legend' it is fair/correct to call Martin Cahill a legend as: 1 there are stories told about him 2 He is famous and events in which he was involved are famous. 3 there are inscriptions on Martin Cahill and 4 if anyone knows anything about symbols on maps, it's Martin Cahill! So YES he is a legend!

[@marycahill546]

You will be glad to know the Cahills fared better in Canada, and at least managed to stay out of jail since 1817.

[@samsule8339]

what is the story , is his bloodline notorious?

[@StoutProper]

What about meserine

[@bryanmceneaney]

He wouldn’t be stopping the lads today to ask what they’re up to. Hard to believe that he was decent in comparison to today’s standards

[@briandoherty245]

Decent, blowing people up .. as he did with to state technical examiner

[@bryanmceneaney]

I agree. Very dangerous individual

[@KINGofkings49er]

R.I.P. Martin Cahill

[@marcludford591]

Brendon Gleeson played him in a movie with Jon voight

[@stenna1969]

Fookin brilliant film👍first time I saw Brendan

[@eekamouseman]

the man interviewing his is the best rte ever had

[@robertdavies7696]

95 quid a week dole ?? 30 years ago ! Wtf!

[@Itsjustmyselfsoitis]

Was just thinkin that too, but he claimed for the family/kids aswell

[@MrMoses86]

@@Itsjustmyselfsoitis because labour was in power now look at us food banks and homelessness thanks tories

[@andys2856]

Yeh seems a lot that's £270 a week today.

[@celticcomradelad1850]

MrMoses86 We don't have Tories in Ireland, the UK's system is different and the Tories are part of the UK political system.

[@RichardCranium69420]

There was less doleheads

[@youlittlerocket]

where can one get the full report on this ? or is this it ?

[@jayJay-cm1zg]

Who’s the general lol, 😂😂😂😂some army officer 👮‍♀️

[@joannajess4891]

Just watching this now on tv

[@mrseankavanagh21]

i cant stop laughing at how he made the detective feel so stupid along with all the police u gotta admire that haha.. &.well said angie!

[@Top_Secret_File]

What exactly was the Kilakee operation Brendan O'Brien refers to ?

[@mohanicus]

the innocent bloke looks like he's at a tennis match🤣🤣🤣

[@barinit]

can i get the whole program from anywhere?

[@1989Chrisc]

30 years on and the scratch has only gone up about 60 euro

[@SirHaroldMaguire]

When I get off it 2 yrs ago it was like 180 euro + change. Not bad by any countries standards. I work 20 hrs a week now for less after tax.

[@SirHaroldMaguire]

I never got upset about the money. But the private owned agencies they hire to find you a job are useless. I told the guy I couldn't go for a job on city west as I live in Artane/ Harmonstown and don't drive. The next email I received told me my application was successful for interview for a company in County Sligo. I'm glad I found a job on my own accord or they'd be sending me to the international space station next.

[@patcourt9468]

It’s not meant to be sustainable that’s the point of it your not meant to be on it forever

[@nev123123123]

Thats what i thought they must have been living it up in 1988

[@zu1875lu]

Does anyone in Ireland work.. legally??

[@thegoodjinn8065]

Can someone upload the TV movie "Vicious Circle"? I can't find it anywhere.

[@looneyirish007]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ_QhIWpfc5jjbs

[@user-rb4ug9le2i]

The general.its a movie starring brendon gleesoon.

[@cantonese8085]

Great film, he was very intelligent, and funny, and ruthless...

[@jordan7326]

Grew up in poverty but regardless he was a very intelligent man, no disputing that, regardless of what he did. He had balls end of!

[@mohanicus]

2:21 the total stranger being a witness to the questions... he know's exactly who martin cahill is... his eyes are playing tennis between the reporter and cahill...EVERYONE IN DUBLIN KNEW WHO CAHILL WAS BACK THEN. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickball2493]

A Mel Gibson lookalike at the time.

[@deniscrowley3365]

Martin's brother in law

[@jamesgreene4811]

Who do you think the General is some Army officer pure class RIP MARTIN

[@Kevin-wc1yt]

RIP to a complete piece of shit

[@danrobinson572]

He was compared to the general Ray Chuck Bennet from Australia. Both very clever criminals and both died in there 30s. And both could be dangerous but to other criminals.

[@1970dashj]

why do you walk everywhere with your hand over your face, because I watched alien lastnight

[@jhonfamo8412]

daz oi just draws ...

[@gibby8540]

I wish he said that lmao

[@cpcampbell3]

That reporter has some balls.

[@markhemming318]

Watch The Vicious Circle, a made for tv film about Cahill. Great watch.

[@takeshi4427]

Although fictional!

[@bratvakgb]

i am russian,we have a lot of powerfull mafia and criminals BUT Martin Cahill is the sneakiest criminal i have ever seen or heard of! he is a true legend !!!!

[@user-ph1cd6ri7t]

Can someone tell me were he lives again

[@elcunto7623]

Hes a very funny guy ! Real smart aswel!

[@josephoconnor4230]

My nana told me a story about martin that if an old lady was carrying her shoping up the road martin would go over and help the woman with her shopping

[@subscriberswithnoVideos-yx3jf]

Joseph O Connor such a noble man!

[@mag-wp6yt]

After he broke into some poor cunt's house.

[@twincammike8329]

And then rape her..lol..such a gentleman...he was a scum bag prick...

[@chilltown11]

It always amazes me how these murderers and criminals have these kind of codes that they follow even though they are criminals

[@TheBaldyheed]

So he done something normal then, why do we make out like he's a night in shining armour because he helped an old lady 🤔 90% of men would do the same

[@Maguirearch]

This Guy is seen as a robin hood by many folk in Dublin ( in the poorer areas) even though he was a thug...but he did target the very rich and was known to give allot of his stolen stuff away....but he was a villina be assured of it

[@Wildrover82]

r.i.p martin. your badly missed every day.always in our hearts. from the people of ireland.

[@Jordo2k12]

martin was my family and although he was bad he was smart fair enough he put someone in a wheelchair just to give him more time because he didnt want to be away from his kids in prison

[@johnrogers5658]

WE need more General's right now!

[@jamesdaly7664]

We have the government

[@paulos1878]

Reading out his address. Awful tactics.

[@mattlaamaim4797]

Yep

[@rob_3417]

@You're Right But dirty Bastards

[@johnomeara2663]

I live at 21 swan grove now. I was wondering why Garda are always hanging around outside. I thought it was Halloween or something

[@davidmolyneux1780]

@@johnomeara2663 really? 😁

[@lightofchicagoproductionz9012]

@@johnomeara2663 YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO REMIND THEM OF CAHILL LIKE IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE

[@doubiltroubil2680]

You are lucky Martin, in the age of mobile phones it's unbelievable

[@user-yh4kl3hx2o]

The man' switched the game up...

[@JonathanAnon]

Brendan O'Brien was a brave man. Wouldn't have been beyond Cahill to hurt or maim O'Brien to stop him reporting.

[@madforit2]

While on camera, mic'd up and garda knocking around in Broad daylight? Ooh real.brave.

[@NotoriousPeet]

From an outsiders point of view, i liked martins attitude. I am a catholic and would think that ireland should be united if thats what the majority of the 32 counties want and everything, but still, thats irelands business. His attitude was, fuck the paramilitaries, i am a professional criminal and i only have interest in them if they can make me money or send the screws off my tracks. He was cunning and self centred. But all the great criminals are.

[@MrsFooFoo]

The question is not is he a legend; legend he most certainly is. The question is: do you hold him in high regard as a hero/modern day Robin Hood, or is he just a downright rotton criminal?

[@joelmontgomery919]

god bless

[@colinjoyce4685]

The real Martin Cahill reminds me a lot of Michael Collins in the picture of his face with his hair combed across. No disrespect to the Big Fellow himself intended. Of course both men were assassinated by republicans! Indeed Brendan Gleeson played both men in separate films. I remember the day Martin was shot dead, I was 13 at the time.

[@Tracey-t4n]

I saw he was so funny at times. I remember that on RTE. His answer in that answers was great 😂😂😂. The film is brilliant 🙌🏻💚🇮🇪

[@UnderSurveillanceSince]

This man will forever be my ultimate hero. I love this dude. 🔥

[@cocksure8430]

He was a vicious evil b*stard...dont let all the robin hood nonsense fool you. This man terrorised innocent people, normal working men and women. He protected a gang member who buggered a child....he threatened to kill the girl if she went to the police. No hero here.

[@thatslifethatswhatpeoplesa7434]

Say no more

[@garytray1984]

Are u talkin about the interviewer.

[@markc3258]

You need to reevaluate your life there 😂.. horrible life , looking over your shoulder every day until the end , not enjoying the money you rob 😂 . No Up sides to this life Zero

[@Saxonbedwitch]

Which guy???

[@UnderSurveillanceSince]

Cahill was so witty...a waste of life

[@MrsFooFoo]

legend: 1 traditional story or myth. 2 traditional literature. 3 famous person or event. 4 stories about such a person or event. 5 inscription. 6. explanation of symbols on a map etc. legendary adj 1 famous. 2 of or in legend.

[@danikahn5378]

This guy is my new hero. The General 👊

[@ikarljoseph]

Saying his place of residence - is that not dangerously illegal.

[@micjaye5188]

Im sure cahill robbed some files from police station about a priest murdered at some married womans house and cahill was trying to sell them back to da cops

[@martinkarole8495]

Traynor has them.. that's why he's never faced conviction

[@kennywilliams9027]

my hero .... legend R.I.P MARTIN NOBODY DID IT BETTER ...

[@RAIDOVERMOSCOW1]

If this piece of filth is your hero, you need to examine yourself. Hope you don't have kids.

[@manicbassa]

Your hero worked hand in hand with the UVF you clown

[@afcafc8078]

Interrogator of the year right there

[@KarbonBeatsGaming]

His Grandson is in the same class as me

[@kevinwhelan9574]

Whose his grandson? Padraig?

[@UnderSurveillanceSince]

Imagine that, being under surveillance 24/7

[@jaysunbrady]

And yet he still managed to walk into Harcourt st Garda station and walk out with Garda uniforms and break into to chief of public prosecutions office. I knew someone that used to have to meet him and he'd tell me that Cahill would have to get a train from Connelly and get off in say Wicklow (or anywhere else outside of country Dublin) where he'd have a car waiting for him to whisk him away from his tail. And he'd have to be driven back to Dublin for their meeting. Imagine the hassle.

[@StewBrew-y7t]

What was the idea with publishing his ID number 🤔🙄

[@jaygr8591]

Wow giving out all information guess Ireland didnt have privacy laws or civil liberties

[@Mark-ko2mr]

Martin the original OG. . RIP. 👍👍

[@davidmolyneux1780]

Respect

[@SeanAtkinson-tp9bk]

I have absolutely no idea what's happening here.

[@Frenchdayz]

@1950bimbo He nailed a guy to the fucking ground and later realised it was mistaken identity . . . He had it coming, he was lucky it didn't come sooner

[@Jimdunne_]

As controversial as he is, it’s hard not to find him funny, eccentric and brazen. He was a product of the inequalities in my city and still has more morals than the evil people behind genocides, Irish church abuse and other deplorable stuff

[@cynthiacooper6004]

Ken Stott played him aswell. Brill Actor. X

[@keithkelly8954]

Let the man RIP and not to say he was a saint but compared to much much younger criminals today he wasn't a bad man by a long shot1and the garda we're so proud of letting the Irish public think tat he couldn't go now we're wit tem knowing but on 4 of August back in 94 all tem so called protectors just happen to have the day of. So no-one was quizzed or arrested for questioning really typical of the irsh corrupted force more like special needs than special force sham on tem all

[@Gos1234567]

Like they used a lot of gardai to follow him around and for what?Because of some rich South African's (who initially made his money from exploitation) paintings.They couldve been out hunting down heroin dealers that ruined Dublin

[@thatslifethatswhatpeoplesa7434]

In Ireland anyone who can solve a Rubik’s cube is a master criminal.

[@Thorlongus1175]

It's incredible how they give the state the run around

[@seanleonard4254]

I know he was a bad man but he didn’t deserve to die like that

[@Top_Secret_File]

I have little sympathy for him, Sean. Those who live by the sword typically die by the sword.

[@patrickambrose5372]

He crossed the IRA by employing loyalists, the loyalists shot an IRA member at a pub in Dublin. He was a dead man walking after that.

[@gregorydocherty2730]

0.57...Glasgow Celtic hat. 🇮🇪🍀👍👏 class. Celtic is Ireland and Ireland is Celtic in every sense.

[@manicbassa]

Did he superglue his hand to his face?

[@careyscates5504]

Great film even know it's black and white

[@smokeweedevryday88]

There's color version on Amazon prime

[@JohnMac2023A.D.]

How the hek can publisized All his details home adress for All to see woeful shame on the journalists who made this film! Martin cahil what a Character!

[@anthonyirish23flynn65]

Your very funny they don't make them like anymore rip

[@olliephelan]

Hang on a second Does broadcasting this in `1988 not render every jury case against him in the future useless , because the future jurers would be already biased by this ?? Anyone ?

[@tedzer94]

+Ollie Phelan he's dead so....

[@olliephelan]

tedzer94 I know hes dead ! But he wasnt shot 5 mins after the interview ! If he had another case (which he did) could he not say that the jurers are already bias . Found guilty by RTE

[@regkray9872]

Ya that's fucken true that. Where is the justice there . Thank God he was a clever basterd and they couldent get anything in him

[@olliephelan]

David Fitzgerald Clever bastard ? Well if ye go by the film ; "oh no the IRA are after me / Oh look , for the first time in ten years theres no coppers watching anything . It *MUST* BE *SAFE* Deadily

[@kevinmcgovern188]

Don't mind the film, it wasn't that obvious. Its not like they camped out side his house for months and then disappeared on the day of the shooting. If they did that it would be far too obvious and they themselves would probably end up being blamed, they stopped following him closely for a week or two before hand and people knew he wasn't being monitored so they had their chance, I mean who is going to go try shoot him if they thought the police were going to be watching.

[@vinnothelizard]

cahill was genius

[@erickeenan3702]

martin cahill legend

[@008overrated]

The reporter is not so brave, do not flatter him. Plain clothes detectives surround him as he first approached Cahill. Then during the interview they sit in cars beside the reporter. Their is no bravery here. Martin Cahill is an Irish legend.

[@karr1111]

Who was this guy and what crimes did he do?

[@danshady4061]

he is legendary Martin Cahill AKA The General. he was the best thief in ireland.

[@karr1111]

Is he still alive or did they kill him.

[@danshady4061]

+Catherine Powell he was shot dead in 1994

[@karr1111]

Oh ok

[@Anonymous-Joker74]

Martin Cahill was a prolific career criminal.He pulled of a £2 million heist on a jewellers that was too much for IRA to tackle.He was the master of black humour and out smarting the cops 😃👌 Read his book The General of watch his movie.He was killed by another crook who shot him.Rather than paying £500 k loan Cahill had gave him to put him on his feet.The murder is still unsolved to this day 👀 Brendan Gleeson plays him in the movie and is fantastic in his portrayal of him.Even looks like him 😃

[@leedstown]

Had he superglue his hand to his face