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The Witness: In His Own Words

A Mother's Story

The Witness: In His Own Words

Jane Gogan

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Joey's mother, Mary, tells her side of the story.


Please be aware that there are references in this podcast to violence, sexual abuse and suicidal thoughts. If you are negatively affected and need help or advice, please contact the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s Freephone National 24-Hour Helpline on 1800 77 8888 in Ireland, or call the Samaritans on Freephone 116 123 in Ireland and the UK.


The Witness is produced by Ian Maleney and executive produced by Nicola Tallant and Jane Gogan. The sound editor is Brendan Jenkinson and the music is composed by Niamh Corcoran. Yellow Path Productions Ltd.



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0:00.0

The small improvements we're making to our burgers are kind of a big deal.

0:03.4

So McDonald's are giving rewards customers double points on selected classics.

0:06.8

Mm-hmm. Sign up to my McDonald's rewards unlocking at and get more of what you love.

0:11.6

Double points.

0:13.0

Mm-mm. Mm-hmm.

0:15.0

18 plus on Big Mac called to Ponder and Double Cheesburger,

0:18.0

participating restaurants only,

0:19.0

and 19th of May terms apply. My name is Mary O'Callahan, and I'm Joseph O'Callahan's mother.

0:39.0

As a baby, he was very, very, very good. And I mean really, really good.

0:42.0

I could wake up in the morning time. You take him out and you

0:47.6

change his nappy, give him a bottle of leagre and put him back into the cot.

0:53.0

I'd be getting the other kids ready for school

0:57.0

and you'd go back up and you'd be asleep,

1:00.0

you know, and then, but it was always very good German and then I put him in into the

1:06.0

pram the the that's the pram the girl car I was I don't know what she used to do to me.

1:14.0

Do you have to try me to like, to like, to like, to like,

1:17.0

yeah, he used to sit in the front garden.

1:20.0

You were, like, you could leave your children now then you know and it I'd tied the

1:25.6

the pram to the side of the railings at the front door at the front door and

1:30.4

it's the same thing you just sit there, yes, not a bother.

1:34.4

He was a very, very good, very good, um, placid child.

1:40.0

He told us he was gorgeous.

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