The Irish Witness Security Programme has featured quite prominently within the focus of national media attention recently. Aaron Harte-Hughes – PhD student within the School of Law and Criminology – has appeared on several public media platforms discussing his Socio-Legal research on the Irish State Witness Security Programme. Aaron has been cited within several public sources, including the Irish Examiner article ‘There’s no plastic surgery’: Reality of witness protection ‘a lot more basic than Hollywood’as well as being referenced to by Dublin Q102 radio station (Pre-recorded interview notes) articulating on the Irish Witness Security Programme. Aaron also featured on Nicola Tallant’s acclaimed Crimeworld podcast. Throughout the podcast, Aaron discusses the difficulties the current construction of the programme poses for judges, the protected witness, and the accused.