# The Killing of Una Lynsky

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Podcast: [Red Room](https://stenobird.com/podcast/red-room-4535224)
Published: 2026-07-28T03:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/redroom/episodes/the-killing-of-una-lynsky
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This week we’re discussing the 1971 disappearance, and presumed murder, of 19-year-old Una Lynskey. We'll examine the deeply flawed Garda investigation that followed, and the devastating chain of events that left another man dead and two others wrongfully convicted. More than 50 years later, what happened to Una on Porterstown Lane remains unsolved. Sources Fresh Appeal for Information on 1971 Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan An Garda Síochána Public Appeal and Serious Crime Review of the Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan Gardaí Carrying Out Full Reviews of 1971 Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan Cold Case Review into 1971 Meath Murder Cases Fresh Appeal Issued for Information over Murders of Man and Woman in 1971 Una Lynskey Cold Case Review May Raise More Questions for Gardaí Than Deliver Answers A Community That Never Healed After the Gravest of Injustices 40 Years Waiting to Clear His Name Martin Conmey Walks the Long, Hard Road to Justice DPP v Martin Conmey (No. 3) Conmey Manslaughter Conviction Declared a Miscarriage of Justice Conmey Conviction Was a “Miscarriage of Justice” State Apologises to Man Jailed in Miscarriage of Justice Drew Harris Apologises to Man Wrongly Convicted of Woman’s Manslaughter 50 Years Ago Garda Commissioner Issues Written Apology to Man Wrongly Convicted of 1971 Killing of Una Lynskey Commissioner Offers Apology to Former Murder Accused Garda Needs to Come Clean About the “Heavy Gang” ICCL Expresses Concern at Internal Investigation into Alleged Garda Human-Rights Violations Una Lynskey Case to Feature on Ground-Breaking Crimes and Confessions Series Shocking Documentary Explores Meath Man’s Wrongful Conviction Crimes and Confessions — RTÉ Player Who Killed Una Lynskey? A True Story of Murder, Vigilante Justi…

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