The Indo Daily

"If we're going to start renaming Herzog Park - why stop there?"

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A row over Rathgar’s Herzog Park in south Dublin has snowballed into a global reckoning with Ireland’s colonial past. From suburban greens to stre...

NIMBY or necessary? The South Dublin residents delaying MetroLink mega-project

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Metrolink was first proposed in 2001. Nearly a quarter of a century later, the diggers still haven’t moved. Now, a fresh legal challenge from reside...

50 years on: The Dublin Airport bombing lost in time

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 29, 1975, is not often quoted as a day of significance in Irish history. But at 1.20pm that afternoon, Dublin Airport became the site of a bo...

Crime World’s Nicola Tallant: ‘There’s no insurance policy – if a criminal is shot dead, their family is left with nothing’

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s Indo Daily is a collaboration between two of our sister podcasts, Money Talks and Crime World. SundayWorld.com is getting a new look by rebr...

Indo Politics: “A tragic drama” - Billy Kelleher speaks on the Jim Gavin presidential debacle

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Indo Politics, Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher speaks candidly about the party’s bruising presidential selection saga, the pressures ap...

Salacious poetry, a jilted lover and an alleged affair: RFK Jr’s latest scandal

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

US health secretary, and prominent member of the Kennedy dynasty, Robert F Kennedy Jr has found himself, once again, thrust into the headlines. It’s...

Breifne O’Brien: The fall of a Celtic Tiger fraudster and his post-jail reinvention

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the height of the Celtic Tiger, property investor Breifne O’Brien was the definition of upper middle class. It seemed he had it all, until everyt...

Four wills, three years and the €3m stud farm: Inside the battle for Des Vere Hunt's estate

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Des Vere Hunt, of Fethard, Co Tipperary, died in September 2021, leaving behind an estate worth over €3m. He also left four different wills, made in...

Second time lucky - could Gerry 'The Monk’ Hutch win a seat in the Dáil?

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could the resignation of Paschal Donohoe as finance minister last week have more long-term implications for the Irish Government than just a cabinet r...

‘Hello divorce, bye bye Daddy’: The day Ireland legalised divorce, by just 9,000 Votes

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In November 1995, Ireland changed forever, but only just. By a margin of 0.6%, the Irish public voted to legalise divorce, ending a constitutional ban...

Indo Politics: Pas-conomics, succession, mood killers and emotional support peacocks

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to your weekly dish of Indo Politics from The Indo Daily. On this episode, can anyone fill Paschal Donohoe’s shoes, Ivan Yates pleads his ca...

Enoch Burke jailed again: Who is funding his crusade? 

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Enoch Burke and his family have been a recurring fixture in Irish media for the past three years. What began as a workplace dispute over his objection...

Extra: Can Ireland beat Czechia in the World Cup play-off…and how can you get a ticket?

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Republic of Ireland football team have surpassed all expectations and made it to the World Cup play-offs, but what are our chances of beating Czec...

The Epstein files are coming:  What will we see and will they damage Donald Trump? 

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The vote has taken place and the Epstein files will now be made public. After months of delay, political pressure and partisan division, Congress has ...

Pascal Donohoe’s exit: Who wins, who loses and who panics as the Fine Gael reshuffle begins?

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Paschal Donohoe is gone and Fine Gael now faces its most precarious reshuffle in years. With a by-election looming and Sinn Féin circling, we ask: wh...

Ep 2| ‘‘Am I going f***king mad?’’ - Inside the collapse of Olympian Gary O’Donovan’s relationship with Irish rowing

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did one of Ireland’s most recognisable Olympians end up feeling shut out of the system he helped elevate?   In part two of Troubled Waters ...

Ep 1| ‘They’re messing with his head’- Paul Kimmage’s journey inside the toxic world of Irish rowing’s High Performance Unit

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In part one of our special investigation, we examine the concerns raised about the culture inside Irish rowing’s High Performance Unit. Sunday Indep...

 Indo Politics: A housing plan, Fianna Fáil’s ‘perma-crisis’, party rebels’ ‘clusterbleep’ and CMAT

15 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to your weekly dish of Indo Politics from The Indo Daily. On this episode, a government housing policy with no annual targets, Fianna Fáil’...

BBC’s week from hell: Is RTÉ’s Kevin Bakhurst the man to fix it?

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One billion dollars. It’s not a line from Dr Evil in an Austin Powers movie, but the jaw-dropping sum US president Donald Trump is threatening to su...

Marianne Smyth will never stop scamming’ - Con-hunter opens up about being tricked by 'Queen of Con'

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Walton describes himself as a ‘con-hunter’ but that’s not what he set out to be. The tv producer turned vigilante after he was scammed ...

 Extra: Ruth Lawrence guilty - A decade of secrets, murder and pursuit

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A chilling Irish true-crime story that spans 10 years of deception, violence and pursuit. How did two men vanish and how was Ruth Lawrence finally bro...

Paul Williams on exposing Irish Gangland’s Jimmy Savile, and unknowingly training a Provo bomber

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the IRA member he unknowingly trained, to the gangland figure he later exposed as a prolific sexual predator, Paul Williams has spent decades eve...

Elon Musk: The Trillion-Dollar Man who might never see a cent 

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

He’s conquered cars, space and social media but Elon Musk’s next move could reshape everything. We go inside the mega billionaire’s mind, his ne...

Castro, Connolly and controversies: President Michael D Higgins's legacy examined 

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From Fidel Castro’s funeral to fiery speeches on inequality, we chart the standout moments from President Michael D Higgins’s time in the Áras. A...

 ‘Just Between Us’ with Jennifer Zamparelli: From jealousy to joy – what really happens at an Irish swingers’ party

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Behind closed doors, Ireland’s swingers’ scene is bigger, and bolder than you might think. Jennifer Zamparelli meets Graham, a proud member of the...

Trump’s ‘worst nightmare’: Is Zohran Mamdani a threat to the MAGA movement? 

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Turn The Volume Up. The defiant battle cry of Zohran Mamdani; mayor-elect of New York City and self-described “worst nightmare” of Donald Trump. H...

Ivan Yates: From Blueshirt to black mark - the PR storm rocking Leinster House

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ivan Yates, once the golden boy of Fine Gael, now finds himself in the eye of a media storm. Has his failure to declare political work put him, and th...

The DJ Carey Story EP 3: The Con Collapses

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DJ Carey said he was fighting for his life, but the truth was far more shocking. We ask how one of hurling’s greatest heroes went from legend to sca...

The DJ Carey Story EP 2: The Cancer Lies

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When DJ Carey told people he had cancer, few questioned him — after all, he was a national treasure. But was DJ really sick, or spinning a story for...

The DJ Carey Story EP 1: The Sports Star

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

He conquered the hurling field, but off it DJ Carey was playing a far darker game. This is the story of a national icon who fooled everyone — until ...

Beneath the Stairs: Inside Richard Satchwell’s double life

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Found guilty this year of the murder of his wife, Richard Satchwell remains a subject of major interest, not least because he is currently appealing a...

Dodgy boxes, fines and a new plan to come after Irish users

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could dodgy box users finally face fines? And why is Ireland looking to copy Italy as it tries to tackle illegal streaming activity? Today’s Indo Da...

RTÉ’s top 10 earners: Who’s making the big bucks?

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So, who’s really making all the money at RTÉ? Traditionally, it’s been the on-air talent leading the earnings table. This year, however, there’...

Is social media dead? Why so many of us are switching off

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy to spend hours mindlessly scrolling through social media, but have we had enough of the carefully curated photos, endless arguments and ta...

After 14 years at the top, Is Micheál Martin finally running out of road?

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a bruising presidential campaign, Micheál Martin is facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his political life, after 14 years at the top is he...

Streaming killed the video star: The rise and fall of MTV 

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MTV burst onto our screens in the 1980s as a vivid blast of loud, animated excess – all music, all the time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Fast...

Is it time for a united Ireland? The case for and against unification

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The conversation around a united Ireland is an increasingly noisy one, with passionate arguments found on both sides of the debate. Now, two journalis...

Live from Dublin Castle: Catherine Connolly’s landslide and Fine Gael’s brutal collapse

25 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s official - Catherine Connolly is Ireland’s next President.  The signs were there for weeks, but nobody thought the Fine Gael collapse wo...

Inside Dublin Castle: Is it "all over" bar the counting? 

25 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Catherine Connolly going to score a landslide victory? As ballot boxes open across the country, all eyes turn to Dublin Castle to see who will beco...

On a wing and a prayer: How one priest built Knock Airport 40 years ago

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is 40 years since one parish priest in the west of Ireland saw his dreams come true. It wasn’t a visit of the Pope, which had already happened ye...

Indo Politics: Attack ads and ‘Trumpian’ tactics; The Presidential race that lost its way

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the presidential election that feels more like a coronation. Catherine Connolly looks set to sweep to victory, but how did a campaign with so m...

Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre: The book that rocked the royals

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl has reignited scrutiny of Prince Andrew’s alleged role in her abuse. Despite h...

Night of unrest at Citywest: Violence erupts as tensions over immigration and law enforcement deepen

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When violence erupted at the Citywest Hotel that is being used to house asylum-seekers on Tuesday night, gardaí were met with fireworks, flames and f...

‘Mystery shopping’ gone wrong: The real estate agent, South Dublin home and the fake property owner

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How would you feel if you were impersonated as part of a business relationship that ultimately went sour? That’s the situation one man found himself...

Presidential predictions: What to expect in the final 72 hours

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can Catherine Connoly hold her lead or will Heather Humphreys make a late burst for home? Some election predictions as we enter the final stage of the...

How notorious Irish drug baron ‘The Chocolate’ was foiled 

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of Northern Ireland’s most powerful drug barons - ‘The Chocolate’ - can finally be unmasked. 48-year-old Newry man John McGivern has been fo...

Indo Politics: Is the race to the Áras already run?

18 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to your weekly dish of Indo Politics from The Indo Daily. On this episode; Catherine Connolly surges ahead in the polls – can Heather Humphr...

'Stunt’: Heather Humphreys to fight back against defamation case by Paul Murphy 

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A year ago, Fine Gael minister Heather Humphreys shocked many with her decision to retire from political life. Now she is looking to become Ireland’...

Heather Humphreys and the charity fundraiser that sparked a garda fraud investigation

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It began as a charity event that brought together some well-known faces, including a government minister. That same fundraiser is now part of a garda ...

Shane Ryan’s gamble: Are the Enhanced Games the evolution of sport or its undoing?

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Shane Ryan turned his back on Olympic ideals to join the Enhanced Games, it sent shockwaves through Irish sport. Now we ask who and what are real...

Witness protection: Jonathan Dowdall just days away from freedom and a new identity

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

He was once a Sinn Féin councillor and Hutch gang associate, now Jonathan Dowdall is about to vanish. As his release from prison approaches, he and h...

Spin, strategy and ‘smears’: Can Connolly hold her lead as Humphreys fights back?

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With ten days to go until Ireland votes for its next president, the race for the Áras is wide open. Catherine Connolly is ahead in the polls, but can...

The Guinness curse: Tragedy, scandal and myth behind Ireland’s most famous family

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They’re one of Ireland’s most powerful dynasties; brewers, aristocrats and philanthropists. But behind the black stuff lies a darker legacy. From ...

Indo Politics: Taoiseach’s great escape, presidential road race and six-euro cappuccinos

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to your weekly dish of Indo Politics from The Indo Daily. In this episode: a Taoiseach’s apology, a leadership debate, a presidential road r...

Extra: RTÉ shake up - Kieran Cuddihy takes up Liveline mantle, as Ray D’Arcy leaves ‘hugely disappointed’

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a dramatic few days in Ireland’s biggest radio stations, RTÉ and Newstalk. On Thursday afternoon, it was announced Ray D’Arcy was go...

Trump announces historic Gaza ceasefire deal - but will it actually hold?

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time in two years, there’s a glimmer of hope of peace in Gaza. After relentless fighting, ceasefire collapses and failed talks, Israel...

A TD, an ex-GAA manager and a TV star: Meet Ireland’s asylum property barons 

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do a TD, a former GAA manager and a TV personality have in common? They’re all profiting from the Government’s scramble to house asylum-seeke...

Crime World’s Niall Donald on his landlord Jim Gavin, the €3,300 and the truth

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast Crime World. It’s the biggest story of the presidential election as former football manager ...

6 other controversies that rocked Áras bids: Costly tweets, clemency letters and ‘smear campaigns’

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Controversy and the race for the Áras, have long gone hand in hand. We’ve had sackings and ‘smear campaigns’, live TV moments and very costly t...

Budget 2026: What your payslip will look like in January

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s that time of year again – the Budget has landed. What does it mean for you and your bank balance? With last year’s ‘giveaway’ Budget fi...

Inside the exit of Jim Gavin’s failed presidential bid

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Fianna Fáil in turmoil” – what exactly happened over the last 48 hours that saw Jim Gavin quit the Irish presidential race? And more importan...

Taco Bell queues, restaurant blues: Are US giants hurting Ireland's food sector?

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Burgers, burritos and doughnuts - these are hardly exotic menu items for the average Irish family nowadays. But anyone who witnessed the hours-long qu...

Indo Politics: Gavin’s gaffes, Connolly’s convict, Humphreys’ hiccups - and a budget breakdown

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to your weekly dish of Indo Politics on The Indo Daily. Jim Gavin’s campaign has been stung by drone and army photo gaffes, Catherine Connol...

‘This was a huge shock, there had been no conviction’ Why Elizabeth Plunkett’s sisters and niece are fighting for justice 49 years on

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the age of 23, Elizabeth Plunkett was raped and murdered by John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans at Brittas Bay. Today, Emma Nolan, Elizabeth Plunkett's ni...

50 years on: The ‘passion’ kidnapping of Tiede Herrema and the IRA's Bonnie and Clyde

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

50 years ago, a pair of desperate Provisional IRA members etched their names in history as a crime driven by personal passion went astray. Their victi...

From One Delaney to Another: The FAI’s Struggle for Stability

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 1990s were undoubtedly a heyday for Irish football, but for many fans those memories are a stark contrast to the playing field today. In the inter...

How a knock at the door changed everything for Daniel Aruebose’s family

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Aruebose lived and died without his grandparents knowing he ever existed. Today we learn how one knock at the door changed the lives of his fam...

The life and crimes of Graham ‘The Wig’ Whelan  

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Graham Whelan is a character full of contradictions. A self-professed family man whose children’s home was recently raided by gardaí. The career cr...

Revisited: Billionaires, beaches and bust-ups: Inside Dermot Desmond’s Caribbean oasis

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a paradise that millionaires can only dream of. Canouan, a small island in the Caribbean, is where the world’s billionaires go to escape lowl...

Indo Politics: Maria Steen’s false start and Áras candidates confirmed

27 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Indo Politics on The Indo Daily. It’s a weekly recap, and look forward, as polling day approaches in the race for the Áras. ­ Conservat...

Extra: UK terror charge thrown out for Kneecap’s Mo Chara

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has been thrown out. The magistrate dismissed the case over a technical error. Ó hAnna...

Sex on the top shelf: Lifting Ireland's Playboy ban, 30 years on

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The King of the Lad Mags, Playboy Magazine. We all know it, and we all know who its target market was. But for such a massive brand, it's hard to beli...

Trump, Connolly and the role of Hamas: A political storm in Ireland, a diplomatic shift at the UN

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A presidential hopeful, a political storm, and the question of who really speaks for Gaza... Catherine Connolly’s claim that Hamas is part of the “...

Coolmore, more, more - John Magnier's High Court defeat

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Judge Max Barrett threw out billionaire John Magnier’s High Court case against the Thomson-Moore family, it was a rare defeat for a man who ha...

Smear campaigns, dirty tricks and a hopeful drops out: The race for the Áras gets personal

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Whispers, denials and dirty tricks - as the fight for the Irish presidency gets brutal, we bring you sharp, fearless analysis of the Áras race as the...

From paramilitary to the pulpit: how IRA gunman Mark Lenaghan became a man of the cloth

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The funeral of 65-year-old Mark Lenaghan in Co Down last week attracted a large crowd and plenty of well-wishes for the beloved local reverend, but no...

From Nasa to fraud: was my scientist dad a spy?

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Briggs was once celebrated as a brilliant scientist – but behind the acclaim lay deception. He had fabricated parts of his academic record a...

The fake Irish aristocrat, the French film star and the missing millions

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

He called himself Terry Birles, an aristocrat who dazzled Cork’s elite and the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Now he faces trial in France, accused of an al...

Ploughing, presidents, and the fight over Joe Grogan’s estate

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As expected, this week’s National Ploughing Championships provided a perfect pitch for hopefuls Connolly, Gavin and Humphreys to field questions and...

Extra: Human remains found during search for missing Donabate child 

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gardaí believe they have found the remains of the missing boy from Donabate, Co Dublin. This afternoon authorities named the child as Daniel Aruebose...

Leo Varadkar: Dinners with President Higgins, first dates with Matt and his team’s distrust of Simon Harris

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar is baring it all in his new autobiography Speaking My Mind, from private dinners with President Michael D Higgins, to fi...

Skeleton by the tracks: Mystery looms over exhumed Cork railway body

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In January 2021, workers clearing the abandoned railroad between Midleton and Youghal made a startling discovery. Along the track lay the skeletal rem...

Marianne Smyth: The American conwoman who claimed to be Jennifer Aniston and a member of the IRA Army Council

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marianne Smyth claimed to be on the IRA’s Army Council, a satanic priestess and to be Jennifer Aniston. The American was convicted of swindling more...

Revisited: “I shouldn’t really be here”: Comedian Willa White on drug addiction and prison   

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Comedian and actor Willa White reflects on an incredible life story that saw him beat the odds to survive drug addiction, and why his time in prison p...

'The closest to war since WW II': Is Europe on the brink of chaos?

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace brings his country closer to military conflict “than any...

What does the murder of Charlie Kirk mean for an America already on the edge? 

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thirty-one-year-old conservative activist and father-of-two Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a public event yesterday. With an intense manhunt un...

Are Micheál Martin’s days numbered? Inside Fianna Fáil’s secret revolt over Jim Gavin Áras bid

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

‘We’re all still friends,” was the comment from the first Fianna Fáil TD who emerged from the fifth floor in Leinster House where the party’s...

Missing Donabate boy: “The gardaí are here. I’m telling them everything”

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A young boy went missing from Donabate, and for years no one asked where he had gone. Now, disturbing new details are emerging about what may have hap...

Michael Gaine - did a "great kindness" lead to the farmer's death?

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's almost six months since Kerry man Michael ‘Mike’ Gaine was first reported missing from his farm in Kenmare, kicking off one of the biggest mi...

Inside vacuum dynamo James Dyson’s new €30m Irish mansion hideaway

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James Dyson, he of high-speed household products fame, is set to undertake an ambitious renovation of Ballynatray House in Co Waterford, having spent ...

The IRA’s Heathrow attacks, a massive lie, and enduring love

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The IRA’s Heathrow bombings shook Britain, but behind the headlines was a love story built on lies. Michael Gallagher’s conviction forced a reckon...

Pride or prejudice? How our national flag became a political landmine

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The sight of our national flag has become a common feature at anti-immigration protests and gatherings around the country, and, more recently, the Tri...

A rock star, a meteorologist and a wheelbarrow: Ireland’s latest presidential hopefuls

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Geldof, Joanna Donnelly and now a “wheelbarrow” – meet the latest hopefuls looking to become Ireland’s next president. And could Taoiseach...

Explosive discrimination allegations levelled at FAI by former Ireland boss Eileen Gleeson

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Football Assocation of Ireland has been hit with explosive allegations from former Republic of Ireland manager Eileen Gleeson, as revealed by the ...

Extra: Presumed Dead - The search for a long-missing child in Dublin’s Donabate

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donabate in Co Dublin is the centre of a garda search today into the whereabouts of a missing child who is now presumed dead. We go live to the invest...

Turf wars and gangland feuds - can Limerick avoid returning to the past?

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past 20 years, Limerick has been widely regarded as a shining example of urban regeneration, and it seemed that the place once dubbed "stab c...

Anabel’s nightclub and the killing of Brian Murphy – 25 years on

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty-five years ago, as a long summer drew to a close, a night out ended in tragedy. It changed the lives of four young men forever, ending another’...

Revisited: ‘War of the Comans’ - The bitter family feud over multi-million Dublin drinks empire

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was dubbed "The War of the Comans" - a feud involving a prosperous Irish family so fractured by in-fighting and division that a fierce court battle...

Extra: Montrose woes - Claire Byrne leaves RTÉ, taking Pat Kenny’s Newstalk slot

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last weekend of August, and big money moves are in play. No, this isn't football transfer deadline day, it's the Irish radio industry. Clai...

Lisdoonvarna: Find the love of your life – for just €5

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In existence since 1857, how did Lisdoonvarna become the love capital of Ireland - and what magical powers does the master matchmaker Willie Daly poss...