Crime Doesn’t Pay: How the State Takes the Gangsters’ Money
Sunday 27th September 2026 Location: Set Theatre, John Street, Kilkenny, R95 X20K A session examining how the State uses the Criminal Assets Bureau and related legal powers to identify and recover the proceeds of organized crime. Organisers Website
Crime World Podcast with Nicola Tallant
Saturday 26th September 2026 Location: Kilbride Suite, Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Ormonde Street, Kilkenny, R95 Y5CX Journalist Nicola Tallant brings the Crime World podcast to Kilkenny for a live festival session focused on organized crime and the people and cases behind…
Getting Away with Murder: Crime Writers v True Crime – Jane Casey, Tana French, Jo Spain
Saturday 26th September 2026 Location: Kilbride Suite, Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Ormonde Street, Kilkenny, R95 Y5CX Crime writers Jane Casey, Tana French and Jo Spain discuss crime fiction alongside the appeal and realities of true-crime storytelling. Organisers Website
Drawing Justice: Ireland’s only court artist, Mike O’Connell, talks to illustrator and Cartoon Saloon co-founder Paul Young
Saturday 26th September 2026 Location: Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, 28 Parliament St, Gardens, Kilkenny, R95 YR61 Court artist Mike O’Connell speaks with illustrator and Cartoon Saloon co-founder Paul Young about drawing, observation and representing courtroom proceedings visually. Organisers Website
First Conviction: Anatomy of a Miscarriage of Justice
Saturday 26th September 2026 Location: Club House Hotel, 22 & 23 Lower Patrick Street, Kilkenny A session examining a miscarriage of justice through reporting and documentary work associated with RTÉ Doc on One and RTÉ Investigates. Organisers Website
Fifth Court Podcast Live – Peter Leonard and Mark Tottenham
Saturday 26th September 2026 Location: Hole in the Wall, 17 High St, Gardens, Kilkenny, R95 TY30 Peter Leonard and Mark Tottenham bring The Fifth Court podcast to the festival for a live session focused on Irish law, courts and legal…
Guilty Until Proven Wealthy? Inside Ireland’s Criminal Courts
Saturday 26th September 2026 Location: Club House Hotel, 22 & 23 Lower Patrick Street, Kilkenny A discussion examining Ireland’s criminal courts, access to justice and how resources and inequality can affect the experience of defendants within the system. Organisers Website
Judge, My Lawyer is a ChatBot! AI Enters the Courtroom – Assistance or Malpractice
Friday 25th September 2026 Location: Kilkenny Courthouse, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, R95 TYF2 A discussion of artificial intelligence in legal work and courtrooms, including questions around assistance, professional responsibility and possible malpractice. Organisers Website
CSI Kilkenny: Fact, Fiction and Forensic Science
Friday 25th September 2026 Location: Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, 28 Parliament St, Gardens, Kilkenny, R95 YR61 A session exploring forensic science in criminal investigations and the differences between real forensic practice and its portrayal in popular crime stories. Organisers Website
Have Writ, Will Travel: Where the World’s Billion-Euro Disputes Go to Court
Friday 25th September 2026 Location: Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, R95 D320 A discussion examining why major commercial disputes are heard in particular courts and jurisdictions, and how parties choose where high-value litigation is pursued. Organisers Website