The former Irish media executive, the metal cocktail stick and the ‘contract killer’
Lorcan Hanlon was a successful executive at one of the country’s leading and most respected newspaper groups.By all appearances, he had it all. But on a work trip to Stockholm in 2024, things would change dramatically for the commercial executive.So, what exactly happened in Stockholm? And how did Hanlon go from a successful newspaper executive to a convicted criminal?On today’s Indo Daily, Tessa Fleming is joined by Sunday Independent senior investigative reporter Catherine Sanz to unpack the extraordinary chain of events that led to the fall of Lorcan Hanlon, from the upper ranks of Irish media to a criminal conviction in Sweden.The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism