Who Killed Una Lynskey?
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  • Published: 27 March 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405959728
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $24.99
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Who Killed Una Lynskey?

A True Story of Murder, Vigilante Justice and the Garda ‘Heavy Gang’

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A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decades

October 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in Co. Meath. In the weeks that follow, and on flimsy grounds, gardaí identify three young local men as suspects. Within days of her body being found, one of the three is beaten to death by members of Una’s family.

The entire sequence of events is a tragedy in a quiet rural community - the wrong men jailed, no one ever facing justice - and becomes one of the most notorious failures in Irish policing and judicial history.

In Who Killed Una Lynskey?, award-winning journalist Mick Clifford has built a compelling portrait of the case from interviews with the surviving main players, as well as exclusive access to the files of a private investigator who uncovered information the gardaí missed - or ignored.

A timely, humane and compulsive read, this is a ground-breaking account of the botched investigation and its devastating consequences for not just four devastated families, but also the reputation of the gardaí.
  • Published: 27 March 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405959728
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for Who Killed Una Lynskey?

Meticulously researched and clearly written chronicle of the nightmares endured by several families

Irish Times

A grim, unsettling and sometimes desperately sad book - but also an undeniably important one

Irish Independent

A fantastic book

Pat Kenny, Newstalk

Compelling

Irish Independent

Written with great gusto

Brendan O'Connor, RTÉ Radio One

Terrific and at the same time terrifying … superb

Eamon Dunphy, The Stand

A brilliant book

Nicola Tallant, Crime World Podcast

Fascinating

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