about the author

Robert Sargent is a first-time author. He was raised in the suburb of Crumlin, a working-class area of Dublin city. He is married and a father of three daughters. Robert still lives in Dublin to this day.

about the book

The Black Pool spans the life of a Dubliner, who was born in the late 1960s, covering his involvement in gangland events in the City of Dublin and Europe across a 50-year period.The story will take you through Dublin’s devastating heroin epidemic of the 1980s and continuing on into the underground rave scene of the 1990s. From here the story takes you into the phenomenon of Ibiza’s dance craze, and into the gangland war for control of the cocaine market that was to start flourishing in the era of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger.This is not a story of heroes but a story of how the reality of gangs and crime can get hold of a city and bring it to its knees. It asks: Is it for the bravado of becoming a household name and main man on the block? Or is it a stain on society that young men and women turn to crime to make ends meet?This is the story of Thomas Moran.

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PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH LESLEY ANNE FROM SHE’S ALL TALK

Thank you to Lesley Anne, the creator of She’s All Talk, a unique podcast that “promises to “bring back the craic”. Ireland is a nation of messers and here is where we celebrate them”.I really enjoy ........

FIRST ARTICLE ABOUT THE BLACK POOL

Dublin Live article published 1st April 2022

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IT’S FINALLY REAL!

It has been a long journey but it’s finally real. The Black Pool has been a part of my life for nigh on ten years. It was written, then re-drafted, and re-drafted again and again over the years with ........

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