Boy killer: How does a 14-year-old become a murderer?
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Urantsetseg Tserendorj was stabbed by a 14-year-old boy while she was walking home from work in Dubl...
Hurling legend DJ Carey and the €9.5m debt deal
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
DJ Carey is one of Ireland's best-known GAA figures, but he's in the headlines currently over a sett...
Picked off, poisoned and pushed: How Putin's enemies meet their untimely end
21 Feb 2023
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Friday marks a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s grip on power has come ...
Closing in on the Kinahans: fake passports, drug busts, and labelling lieutenants
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week was quite the headache for the Kinahan criminal gang, as gardaí closed in on the gang. On...
Nicola Bulley: Rumours rife as mother of two remains missing
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
British woman, Nicola Bulley has not been seen since the 27th of January, when she disappeared while...
On her own terms: What Nicola Sturgeon's departure means for Scottish independence
17 Feb 2023
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Nicola Sturgeon's sudden resignation this week put a new focus on Scottish politics. In today's Indo...
Spy in the sky: is China watching us?
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over its airspace, as well as a number of other uni...
Rebel, renegade and rabble-rouser - the many controversies of Mick Wallace
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From builder to bar owner to bankruptcy, Irish politician Mick Wallace has found himself at the cent...
The 30-year-mystery: will Annie McCarrick ever be found?
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s nearly 30 years since Annie McCarrick, disappeared without a trace on a day trip to Enniskerr...
Unsolved: Murder in Malahide - the cold case of Grace Livingstone
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Livingstone was brutally murdered in her own home in December 1992. To this day, there is no k...
His name was Jason - The killing of Jason Corbett and the Tom and Molly Martens retrial
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week lawyers for convicted killers Tom and Molly Martens have alleged the pair have been demoni...
Notorious mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger and his IRA links
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill gang ran south Boston for decades. Always proud of his Irish...
Drugs, crime and redemption: 'Rehab was scarier than going to prison'
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a four-year stint in Mountjoy, Daniel Moore from Blanchardstown overcame drug addiction and ho...
24-hour party people - the time when Ireland mistakenly legalised drugs
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, a legal loophole on the possession of some drugs meant that for a 24-hour period, it was ac...
Family of murder victim, Siobhán Kearney: "He finished her off and staged it to look like suicide - now he's up for parole"
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On 28th February 2006, Siobhán Kearney, a loving sister and mother to a three-year-old was brutally...
Best of: Chairs, repairs, and a restoration row - How a Late Late Show scandal ended up in court
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An antique in the hot seat is the last thing you'd expect from the Late Late Show, but that's exactl...
Select: The notorious Castlereagh raid and how the IRA did it
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2002 the IRA walked into a Belfast PSNI station and walked out with the secret security files th...
Submarines and secret planes: How the Kinahans and other cartels are smuggling drugs
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
2022 was a significant year for drug seizures in Ireland, with almost €40 million worth of drugs ...
Anthony Stokes, the ex-Ireland and Celtic star in court on drugs charges after second police chase
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Stokes was meant to be the next big name in Irish football. Stalking, close associations wit...
The Fall of the Machines: Ireland's €55m e-voting controversy
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was supposed to modernise Ireland's long and often arduous traditional voting system, but electro...
Jennifer Poole murder: my last memory of my sister is lying there in a bed of blood
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Poole was murdered by her ex-partner Gavin Murphy. Murphy had previous convictions for assa...
What's the end game for Enoch Burke?
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Enoch Burke missed a High Court deadline last Friday to show his intention to stop showing up at a C...
Best of: Unjustified and unjustifiable - Remembering Bloody Sunday
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Sunday, 30 January 1972, British soldiers killed 13 people taking part in a civil rights demonstr...
Girl at the grotto: The tragedy of Ann Lovett
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly four decades ago, 15-year-old Ann Lovett died after giving birth at a grotto in Granard, Co L...
The reinvention of Colin Farrell: bad boy, Banshees and Oscar buzz
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a big week for Castleknock’s Colin Farrell after scooping his first Oscar nomination ...
Unsolved: The 15-year search for missing Dublin teenager Amy Fitzpatrick
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On New Year's Day in 2008, 15-year-old Dubliner, Amy Fitzpatrick left the home of a friend in Spain ...
Marcus Sweeney: from Celtic Tiger socialite to organised crime
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The original poster boy for the lavish days of the Celtic Tiger, Marcus Sweeney and his then fianceé...
Courtroom Countdown: murder trial of Gerry "The Monk" Hutch enters its final phase
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been 12 long weeks, but as the final witness took the stand in the murder trial of Gerry "The M...
Best of: Scoop - The woman behind Prince Andrew's infamous Newsnight interview
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The last few weeks have seen Prince Harry take centre stage, with a series of controversial intervie...
Best of: Sex, shame and salvation: How Monica Lewinsky took back control
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week marks 25 years since news broke of the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinksy affair. In this be...
Meet the Burkes: The evangelical family from Castlebar at the centre of much controversy.
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The case of Enoch Burke has been making headlines for months now. Throughout he has been backed up b...
Matteo Messina Denaro: Italy's most wanted mafia 'Godfather' caught after 30 years on the run
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Italian armed police arrested Sicilian mob boss, Matteo Messina Denaro. The Indo Daily fi...
Ireland of the welcomes? Are far-right groups behind the anti-asylum protests?
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who is behind recent anti-asylum seeker protests? The Indo Daily find out how organisers have utilis...
Regency trial latest: the future facing Jonathan Dowdall in witness protection
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The trial of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch for the gangland murder of David Byrne has resumed. Paul Wil...
Select: Keane Mulready-Woods – Murdered, Dismembered, and only 17
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gerard Cruise became the second person to plead guilty to helping a criminal gang carry ou...
Andrew Tate, spreading hate and the rise of toxic masculinity
13 Jan 2023
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He's a controversial British kickboxer who has built a huge social media following with younger men ...
Idaho murders: four students killed in their beds, how the suspect was caught
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the early hours of November 13th, four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in thei...
Joe O'Reilly and the murder of Rachel Callaly
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joe O’Reilly’s murder of his wife Rachel in 2004 became one of the most notorious cases in the c...
Harry's Game: Is the prince a victim or a villain?
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From Prince William’s temper to Prince Harry’s todger, the king’s exiled son doesn’t disappo...
EXCLUSIVE: Fraud, fake identities and exploiting vulnerabilities – The Samantha Cookes story
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A serial fraudster collected the passport details of vulnerable and disabled children under the guis...
Best Of: Chess, Sex Toys, and Cheating: The Carlsen V Niemann Scandal
07 Jan 2023
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Spying, sex toys and cheating! Never has a chess match grabbed the attention of the world’s media ...
Best Of: Lance Armstrong and me - Paul Kimmage on his part in bringing down the disgraced cyclist – Part Two
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lance Armstrong was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles. In the second of a two-part s...
Best Of: Lance Armstrong and me - Paul Kimmage on his part in bringing down the disgraced cyclist – Part One
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lance Armstrong was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles. In the first of a two-part sp...
Best Of: The Frank McCann Murders - Part Three
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Frank McCann had it all. A loving wife, a beautiful foster daughter and a prominent position within...
Best Of: The Frank McCann Murders - Part Two
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Frank McCann had it all. A loving wife, a beautiful foster daughter and a prominent position within ...
Best Of: The Frank McCann Murders - Part One
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Frank McCann had it all. A loving wife, a beautiful foster daughter and a prominent position within ...
Best Of: Downfall - Bishop of Galway Eamonn Casey, his mistress and their secret son
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Catholic Ireland was rocked in the 1990s by revelations of Bishop Casey’s affair with an American ...
Best Of: Downfall — How John Delaney brought Irish football to its knees
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Delaney, former CEO of the FAI had a controversial tenure resulting in a €20m government bail...
Best Of: Downfall - Femme Fatale - The Black Widow, Catherine Nevin
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2000, Catherine Nevin was found guilty of the murder of her husband, Tom Nevin, at their Co Wickl...
Best Of: Downfall - Lord Lucan: After 48 years have the authorities finally found the vanishing murderer?
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Facial recognition expert Prof Hassan Ugail claims that an 87-year-old man in Australia is the Briti...
Best Of: Downfall - Ben Dunne and the cocaine binge that started it all
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
30 years ago, Ben Dunne, the head of Dunnes Stores, went on holiday to Florida. A hedonistic trip wh...
Best Of: Downfall - why did Oscar Pistorius pull the trigger?
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nicknamed the Blade Runner, Oscar Pistorius, the South African athlete was lauded for his sporting a...
Best Of: Downfall - Elizabeth Holmes and the one drop of blood that ended it all
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood testing company Theranos, has been sentenced to over 11 y...
Best Of: From dancer to 'Peru Two' drug smuggler – The Michaella McCollum Story
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
August 2013 and Irish woman Michaella McCollum – along with her travelling companion Melissa Reid ...
Best Of: Cruel Intentions - Catching the Catfish Part 2
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Through no fault of her own, and for reasons that she may never understand, catfish victim Aoibhín ...
Best Of: Cruel Intentions - Catching the Catfish Part 1
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Through no fault of her own, and for reasons that she may never understand, catfish victim Aoibhín ...
The Man Who Never Was – the Fr Pat Noise hoax
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“He died under suspicious circumstances when his carriage plunged into the Liffey on August 10th 1...
What next as Twitter users vote for Elon Musk to step down as CEO?
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s troubled tenure as Twitter CEO already looks to be coming to ...
Murder, Madness and the Manhunt – The shocking story of Imelda Riney
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The disappearance of Imelda Riney, her three-year-old son and a local parish priest resulted in one ...
The Best of The Indo Daily - Whitey Bulger and me: John Crawley on his life as an IRA gunrunner
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does a United States Marine Corps end up as a gunrunner for the Provisional IRA and working alon...
How Sam Bankman-Fried went from crypto billionaire to a prison cell in the Bahamas
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Billionaire CEO to Bahamas prison cell - the 72 hours that changed the life of the FTX founder ...
Tragedy strikes as Irish soldier Seán Rooney killed in Lebanon
15 Dec 2022
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Seán Rooney, an Irish soldier serving as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon, was killed today when his con...
The German Prince, the coup plot and an unexpected Irish twist
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prince Heinrich XIII was arrested last week as the suspected ringleader of a plan to overthrow the G...
Dowdall on Hutch: He knew Regency shooters and Kinahans didn't start feud
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's mid-week into the explosive testimony of former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall, in the ...
Taoiseach Micheál Martin: Leo Varadkar’s video, Sinn Féin transparency, and how it's time to regulate social media
13 Dec 2022
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned a new era of stricter rules around social media is imminent in ...
Netflix and Spill: Have Harry and Meghan gone too far this time?
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Touted as the most expensive Netflix documentary ever - ‘Harry & Meghan’ gives us a glimpse into...
The Best of the Indo Daily: Rigs and jigs -The Irish dancing 'Feis fixing' scandal
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a week when over forty Irish dance teachers and judges are now facing disciplinary action as part...
Downfall: Sean Quinn, creating Cavan’s Versailles, and the wrath of the fairies
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
He was a millionaire by 30, but Sean Quinn's rise and fall is documented in a new book, which looks ...
Keane Mulready-Woods – Murdered, Dismembered, and only 17
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A major manhunt got underway following the murder of 17 year old Keane Mulready-Woods. The teenager ...
Exposed: the Christmas spending sprees of convicted fraudster Catriona Carey
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Financial records of Catriona Carey's company bank account, seen by the Sunday Independent, make for...
Fergie and The Firm: How Sarah Ferguson fought her way back into the royal family
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Divorced from Andrew and stripped of the ‘Royal Highness’ title, Sarah Ferguson has been invited...
The Hitman from Vegas and the Divorcee from Ennis - The ‘Lying Eyes’ of Sharon Collins
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2008 Sharon Collins was found guilty of soliciting Egyptian poker dealer Essam Eid to kill her mi...
The Graham Dwyer Appeal: Could Elaine O'Hara's killer walk free?
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Dwyer, the convicted murderer of childcare worker Elaine O'Hara, spent the last two days in c...
The Frank McCann Murders (Part Three)
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Frank McCann had it all. A loving wife, a beautiful foster daughter and a prominent position within ...
The Frank McCann Murders (Part Two)
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Frank McCann had it all. A loving wife, a beautiful foster daughter and a prominent position within ...
The Frank McCann Murders (Part One)
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Frank McCann had it all. A loving wife, a beautiful foster daughter and a prominent position within ...
Eamonn Casey: the bishop of Galway, his mistress and their secret son
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Catholic Ireland was rocked in the 1990s by revelations of Bishop Casey’s affair with an American ...
Hutch, Dowdall, the Regency Hotel shooting, and those infamous tapes
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Jonathan Dowdall and Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch travelled to the North in the weeks following the c...
Select: How French spies rattled the world's largest criminal gangs
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All over Europe and the Middle East drug barons, arms dealers and assassins scramble to cover their ...
Lance Armstrong and me: Paul Kimmage on his part in bringing down the disgraced cyclist (part 2)
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lance Armstrong was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles. In the second of a two-part s...
Lance Armstrong and me: Paul Kimmage on his part in bringing down the disgraced cyclist
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lance Armstrong was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles. In the first of a two-part sp...
Coming tomorrow: Paul Kimmage and the downfall of Lance Armstrong
23 Nov 2022
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'Our last phonecall was an argument, Pierre was killed the next day'
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dubliner Pierre Zakrzewski was covering the Ukraine conflict for Fox News when a vehicle he was trav...
Chasing Losses: Former sports minister Shane Ross on his gambling problem
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this personal account, the former Minister and Sunday Independent columnist Shane Ross tells the ...
Qatar-strophe: the FIFA World Cup 2022, its new controversies, and old scandals
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fever pitch has begun for soccer fans all over the world with last night's Qatar World Cup finally k...
The winners, losers and ones to watch: all you need to know about the Qatar World Cup
19 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a brand new sister podcast, the Irish Independent's football team preview the 2022 FIFA World Cup...
Downfall: Elizabeth Holmes and the one drop of blood that ended it all
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood testing company Theranos, could be facing up to 20 years ...
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Moving Statues and Ireland's Mass Hysteria of 1985
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland in 1985 experienced a very unusual phenomenon, which had much of the nation on its knees - t...
Rolling pins at dawn: How controversy has engulfed the Irish Countrywomen's Association
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bread baking to backbiting - the ICA has been a backbone of Irish life Since its foundation in 1910....
Vicky Phelan the Limerick Warrior – ‘I don’t want your apologies, I want change'
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicky Phelan - the woman who exposed the CervicalCheck scandal in the HSE - has died, The Indo Daily...
Trump, Meloni & Orban: Is Ireland immune to the rise of the far right?
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Donald Trump tipped to announce a presidential run and the success of the far right in Italy, H...
The Best of the Indo Daily: Monster – The story of Larry Murphy, 'The Beast of Baltinglass'
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Murphy has been a free man since 2010, after serving over years for the brutal rape and attemp...
Lord Lucan: After 48 years have the authorities finally found the vanishing murderer?
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Facial recognition expert Prof Hassan Ugail claims that an 87-year-old man in Australia is the Briti...
Exclusive: Leo Varadkar talks reshuffles, transfer pacts, Sinn Fein and pubs
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In an exclusive in-depth interview Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has shown a willingness to enter a transfe...
Why ‘I’m a Celebrity’ fans won’t let Boy George forget his conviction for falsely imprisoning a male escort
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the return of ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ – it soon became apparent that 80’...
The Big Tech Wreck: What Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's cuts mean for Ireland
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter, Stripe and now Meta - the talk of job losses in the tech sector is rising every day. Just h...
Drugs, Dumping Julia Roberts, and Escaping Death: The not so funny life of Friends star Matthew Perry
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From dating, and dumping Julia Roberts, to his three-decade struggle with addiction, Friends star Ma...
The Best of the Indo Daily: It’s Complicated: Alec Baldwin, his acting career, and that fatal movie set shooting
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alec Baldwin’s motion to be dropped from a lawsuit brought by the script supervisor of the Rust mo...
The Peru Two: From dancer to drug smuggler – The Michaella McCollum Story
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
August 2013 and Irish woman Michaella McCollum – along with her travelling companion Melissa Reid,...
US Midterm Elections – How Biden, Trump & Democracy are on the ballot - but who will win?
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many Americans, the November 2022 midterm elections are the most important in the nation’s his...