The Women's Podcast

The Women's Podcast


Ep 360 The Murder of Mr Moonlight – Catherine Fegan

December 19, 2019

In today’s episode, Kathy Sheridan is joined in studio by award winning journalist Catherine Fegan, who has just released the book, ‘The Murder of Mr Moonlight’. It tells the story of DJ Bobby Ryan (Mr. Moonlight) who went missing in 2011 and the strange circumstances surrounding the discovery of his body 22 months later. In May 2019, after a fifteen week trial, Pat Quirke was found guilty of the murder. Catherine is the Chief Correspondent for the Irish Daily Mail and reported on the trial every single day. Following the verdict, she wrote this insightful and meticulous account of the case that gripped the nation. She spoke to Kathy about the trial, the two women at the centre of the story and how jealousy, control and greed led to the killing of an innocent man.