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Gripping tale of Ireland’s most polite bank robber: I’m Not Here To Hurt You reviewed

Plus: on the hunt for a Rwandan war criminal

John O'Hegarty, the gripping subject of the Irish Independent's podcast I’m Not Here To Hurt You 
issue 19 August 2023

There should really be a special word for it: that vicarious fragility you feel when hearing of a minor decision with catastrophically heavy consequences, as if a falling acorn had tipped a boulder. In the case of John O’Hegarty, the subject of the engrossing podcast I’m Not Here To Hurt You, the catalyst for disaster was a quick short cut the wrong way down a one-way Dublin street while working as a bicycle courier.

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