Biden: The bombshell new book, the political coverup and a president in decline
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden blanking George Clooney is just one of many shocking anecdotes included in Original Sin: P...
Oliver Callan - 'The first sign I was gay was I didn't drive the tractor until I was 11'
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are bringing Indo Daily listeners an episode from The Sunday World's food and lifestyle podcast '...
“Controlling and odd”: What the court heard about Richard Satchwell from Tina’s family
23 May 2025
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She was called a “trophy wife” by the man accused of killing her. Tina Satchwell’s half-sister...
Extra: From stage to courtroom – Kneecap’s Mo Chara faces the music
22 May 2025
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DESCRIPTION: When rapper Mo Chara of Kneecap allegedly displayed a Hezbollah flag on stage in London...
How the National Children's Hospital became a political headache
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Decades after it was first conceived, the National Children's Hospital has become a saga worthy of i...
Pathologist unable to determine Tina Satchwell's’ cause of death due to state of remains
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pathologist was unable to determine a cause of death for Tina Satchwell (45) because of the skelet...
‘Prose and Cons”: Why the Kinahans' ‘Dapper Don’ loved Dumbo
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does a dark reimagining of ‘Dumbo the Elephant’ have to do with one of the world’s most n...
Extra: Mike Gaine - Suspect arrested and remains found in case of missing Kerry farmer
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gardaí fear Kerry farmer Mike Gaine was dead within hours of his last sighting in Kenmare almost ...
Why Sarah Corbett believes the killing of her father Jason was recorded on a listening device
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
‘A Deadly American Marriage’ is the #1 Netflix show that details the death of Irish man Jason Co...
Revisited: How Australia’s most wanted man came a cropper in Dublin
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dublin 1984, and an unassuming family are pulled over by gardaí at a checkpoint. What follows is a ...
Kim Kardashian, the Grandpa Gang and the Queen of the Underworld
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who are the ‘Grandpa Gang’ and the ‘Queen of the Underworld’ on trial in the Kim Kardashian ...
EXTRA: “I want to remember Tina the way she was, not the way I made her”: Richard Satchwell trial latest
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The murder trial of Richard Satchwell continues, with focus moving to the interviews conducted while...
How Eurovision 2025 went from disco to discord
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
'United By Music’ may be the official motto of the Eurovision Song Contest, but at this year's eve...
‘A celebration of life has become eulogy’: Reflection on Gaza as Israel campaign intensifies
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A filmmaker returns home to document life in Gaza - then war erupts. His footage becomes the last te...
Concrete and a cadaver dog: What led gardai to Tina Satchwell’s remains?
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Richard Satchwell stands trial for the murder of his wife Tina, we hear how a routine review of t...
Ryan Tubridy, Joe Duffy, Eurovision... is the RTÉ soap opera back in business?
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a new summer dawns, RTÉ finds itself haunted by old ghosts. Ryan Tubridy may have happily swappe...
Skortgate: What exactly is the camogie controversy?
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Camogie Association rules dictate that players cannot wear shorts. They must wear skorts - a skirt/s...
Extra: Pope Leo XIV – A progressive papacy or a rollback to more traditional Catholic values?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The conclave was short, which means one thing: Pope Leo had the votes. But why him? And why now? And...
Freezers and Forensics - The latest from the Richard Satchwell trial
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why was a chest freezer offered for free on DoneDeal, one of the main pieces of information today in...
Conclave: White smoke and dark secrets
08 May 2025
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In centuries past, conclave meant cardinals were literally locked away until a new pope had been ele...
Extra: Rituals and Revelations – the latest evidence in the Richard Satchwell case
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jurors hear of baths drawn nightly and a body concealed for years. This extra episode of The Indo Da...
“I’m in horrendous pain. I don’t sleep”: Former teacher on the classroom attack that changed her life
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Cole fell in love with the world of special needs teaching until tragedy struck in November 2...
The rise and fall of ‘Mr Flashy’
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rise and fall of Glen Ward – the gangster known as ‘Mr Flashy’, has played out in less tha...
'Ireland's Alcatraz': The colourful history of Spike Island
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spike Island, or "Ireland’s Alcatraz", is a small coastal enclave off the coast of Cobh in Co Cork...
Revisited: “A dingo’s got my baby” – The story that divided Australia
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August 1980, a pastor, his wife and their three children went on a camping holiday that would cha...
EXTRA - ‘Person of interest’ identified in hunt for missing Kerry farmer Michael Gaine’s killer
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Six weeks on from the disappearance of Michael Gaine, Gardaí have upgraded the case to a homicide i...
Richard Satchwell on trial: Monkeys, videos and missing money
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Satchwell was reported missing in 2017. Her husband, Richard, spoke to the media, expressing hi...
Kneecap controversy: Moral panic or violent incitement? And who gets to decide?
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí feed off creating controversy, but have Kneecap gone too far ...
Fifteen years gone: how Gerry Ryan changed Irish airwaves – and life
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, April 30, marks the 15th anniversary of Gerry Ryan’s untimely death aged 53. That Gerry-sha...
Richard Satchwell on trial: Jury told wife Tina attacked him with a chisel before she died
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Truck driver Richard Satchwell (57) told gardaí his wife, Tina Satchwell nee Dingivan, attacked him...
100 days later - is America really “greater?”
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Things move fast in Trumpworld – from week to week, day to day, even hour to hour. The 100 days si...
Billionaires, beaches and bust-ups: Inside Dermot Desmond’s Caribbean oasis
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
t’s a paradise that millionaires can only dream of. Canouan, a small island in the Caribbean, is w...
Phallic rockets and fake astronauts: the case for space with Leo Enright
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Jeff Bezos to Elon Musk, are billionaire joyrides helping science or just feeding egos? Today’...
Behind Closed Doors | Ep 2: When texts become testimony
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How text messages and emails from the tax-defaulting landlord, Christian Carter, became evidence in ...
Behind Closed Doors | Ep 1: The disgraced landlord Christian Carter and the newspaper gagging order
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Outed for failing to pay taxes, Christian Carter didn’t issue a public apology. He didn’t offer ...
Justice Derailed | Ep 2: The Sleeping Judge
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Sallins train robbery was one of the most daring and lucrative heists in the history of the Iris...
Justice Derailed | Ep 1: Banged up in The Bridewell
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the night of March 30th, 1976, a gang of armed men held a family hostage in rural County Kildare ...
Extra: Pope Francis’ death - His trip to Ireland, legacy and what happens next?
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pope Francis has died following a period of poor health. It comes one day after his last official du...
Millionaires' Row: What Dublin's Shrewsbury Road tells us about wealth in Ireland through the years
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever landed on Shrewsbury Road on the Monopoly board, you’ll know it costs a pretty pe...
Revisited: Richard Keys, Andy Gray, and the sexism scandal that rocked Sky Sports
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They were the broadcasting behemoths who helped Sky Sports and Premier League football change the me...
The 25-Hour Siege of Abbeylara, 25 Years Later
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On an otherwise quiet Wednesday in the village of Abbeylara, County Longford, in April 2000, a man b...
Trump’s trade war foe: The many faces of Xi Jinping
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Description: In recent weeks, China has remained resolutely defiant in the face of Donald Trump's "o...
Should a criminal conviction rule Jackie Healy-Rae Jr out of special adviser gig for his father?
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie Healy-Rae Jr has landed himself a role as special adviser to junior minister Michael Healy-R...
Solving a notorious cold case: The 3 major clues in ‘Ice House’ murder of Irene White
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In April 2005, 43-year-old Irene White was found dead at her home in Dundalk, in what is now regarde...
David Gray, the 'hammered' crowd and a lingering question: Where have our manners gone?
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the late ‘90s when David Gray put pen to paper on the song Babylon, he probably didn’t i...
Revisited: Melania Trump’s 'deeply weird' memoir - Abortion, assassinations, Barron and more
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has created rolling news stories since he retook the pres...
The Spanish drugs bust, and the Irish company linked to ‘minor royal’ and Russian influencer
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The combination of a record cocaine bust, rogue fruit importers, corrupt officials and minor royalty...
Global Turmoil: How Trump's market meltdown will hit your wallet
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Donald Trump’s ultra-aggressive tariff plan now in place, the world’s markets are in meltdo...
The HR spy who axed his phone: Irishman caught in 'biggest corporate espionage case of the century'
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A spy trail of secret messages, codewords and a phone smashed with an axe in an extraordinary tale o...
Where is Mike Gaine? The mysterious disappearance of the Kerry farmer
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The last recorded sighting of Kerry farmer Mike Gaine was at a Centra store in Kenmare on March 20. ...
Sleeping with the Catfish: Discovering the secret life of my partner of 10 years
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Meagher tells the story of “Clara” from Co Cork, who found out that the “boringly normal”...
Extra: Russell Brand charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault by UK Police
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following the breaking news on Friday afternoon that Russell Brand has been formally charged with ra...
“I shouldn’t really be here”: Comedian Willa White on overcoming drug addiction and prison
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and actor Willa White reflects on an incredible life story that saw him beat the odds to su...
How Ireland dodged a pharma bullet on Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ - But is it just a stay of execution?
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been teased, it's been hyped, and now we know what Donald Trump meant when he talked about Libe...
‘Major cockup’: Finian McGrath on Michael Lowry fronting the Regional Independent Group
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former TD and junior minister Finian McGrath has revealed that Michael Lowry wasn’t Barry Heneghan...
Marine Le Pen’s ruin: Is TikTok star Jordan Bardella the future of Europe’s far-right?
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For 14 years, Marine Le Pen has led the French far-right, but after being found guilty of embezzling...
Liberation Day: Trump’s tariffs and trouble for Ireland
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
‘Liberation Day’ is upon us and Donald Trump's tariffs are about to hit hard. How will this affe...
Limos, luxury & loose receipts: The expense scandals that cost TDs everything
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Verona Murphy currently occupies the hottest seat in Dáil Éireann, despite the ongoing efforts of ...
Downfall: One year on from Jeffrey Donaldson’s shock resignation and accusations
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One year ago, on March 29, a political earthquake shook Northern Ireland. DUP leader Jeffrey Donalds...
Succeeding the Kinahan cartel: Meet ‘The Family’
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The illegal drugs trade is a constantly evolving landscape dictated by the rise and fall of its majo...
Private Sean Rooney: A deadly night in Lebanon and the delayed fight for justice
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In December 2022, a convoy rolled through the dark roads of south Lebanon. It should have been a rou...
Extra: ‘Brawl in the Dáil’ – Opposition pile on the pressure to oust new Ceann Comhairle
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following chaotic scenes of shouting, interruptions and allegations of misogyny on Tuesday, the Dái...
A Eurovision winner, a former Taoiseach and a controversial fighter: Who will run for President?
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bertie Ahern, Linda Martin and Conor McGregor - just a few names mooted as the possible next Irish P...
‘War of the Comans’: The bitter family feud over multi-million Dublin drinks empire
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was dubbed "The War of the Comans" - a feud involving a prosperous Irish family so fractured by i...
The MAGA Manosphere: Why are Conor McGregor and the UFC punching right?
24 Mar 2025
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From Conor McGregor to Andrew Tate, why are fans and prominent figures in the MMA and sports-combat ...
Dublin teacher who claims she was wrongly named as notorious ‘GAA catfish’ wins injunction against school
22 Mar 2025
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A Dublin secondary school has been embroiled in controversy after it was claimed online that one of ...
'Four floors of whores' - Paddy Cosgrave and the Web Summit showdown
21 Mar 2025
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The multi-million euro legal battle between the Web Summit co-founders, Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey...
Faith, fines, and Facebook ads: Inside the Burkes’ €45K guerilla marketing campaign
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when agitation, defiance and digital strategy collide? Enter Ireland’s most controver...
Dear America – 12 things we need to tell you about Conor McGregor
18 Mar 2025
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As Donald Trump welcomed Conor McGregor to the White House for St Patrick’s Day, we look at 12 key...
The mysterious online campaign that tried to make Diarmuid Rossa Phelan’s murder trial into a political flashpoint
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Irish farmers were becoming “easy targets”. So went the rhetoric from one prolific Reddit acco...
’Travelling Conmen’: On-the-run Irishman with several aliases arrested in the USA
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy O’Reilly, also known as Elijah Gavin, Timothy Kelly and Elijah Thomas, was arrested in New...
Revisited: A history of Ireland in 100 Paddys - From a global music star to a Times Square Olympian
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From St Patrick himself to a global music star, a Times Square Olympian and a Mexican army battalion...
“F*** you, bailiff”: Billionaire Paddy McKillen Sr convicted of attack in Paris
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Belfast hotel mogul Paddy McKillen Sr has found himself in hot water. The 70-year-old was convicted ...
Water Charges: A look back at the protests that defined a decade of mass demonstrations
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For almost a decade the issue of water charges incited mass anger and protests in Ireland. Should th...
EU Tariffs, Pharma Tax and ‘great’ Conor McGregor: Inside Trump’s sprawling White House showdown with Taoiseach
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shamrocks, handshakes, and diplomatic high stakes; It was all to play for this afternoon as Michael ...
‘The Viper’ Vs CAB: Inside Martin Foley’s €1m repossession battle to save home
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Viper, Martin Foley, has hit the headlines once again. Bitten by a seven-figure tax bill, the no...
Should Elon Musk's personal life be a 'cause for concern for women'?
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Ashley St Clair recently revealing on X that she gave birth to Elon Musk’s 13th child, and Ca...
Hidden tales from Monto: Dublin’s notorious red-light district
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nestled in between O’Connell Street and Connolly station lies an unassuming Dublin neighbourhood t...
Revisited: From being a self-professed ‘hillbilly’ to berating Volodymyr Zelensky – who is JD Vance?
09 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For many people, their first in-depth introduction to US vice-president JD Vance came last week with...
Logan Paul, PewDiePie and Nipplegate: 20 Years of YouTube controversy
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
YouTube has just turned 20 years old. From eyebrow-raising origins to societal dominance, the video ...
Noah Donohoe: PSNI may have spied on journalist Donal MacIntyre as he investigated child’s tragic death
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The tragic and highly unusual nature of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe’s death in 2020, along with criti...
Trump’s New World Disorder: What Zelenskyy ‘ambush’ says for daunting Taoiseach visit
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friday evening’s botched Ukraine deal saw Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaving Washington empty-handed afte...
Breaking Ballyseedy | Ep 2: Kerry man Morris O'Shea Salazar and the Sinaloa Cartel
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did Kerry man Morris O’Shea Salazar go from boy racer to international drugs kingpin? How are ...
Breaking Ballyseedy | Ep1 : The downfall of Nathan McDonnell
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DESCRIPTION: How does a former business CEO and president of the Tralee Chamber of Commerce become a...
Revisited: Fyre Festival 2 — Why are people buying tickets again?
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After serving four years in prison for fraud, Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is inviting peop...
Kyran Durnin: Five key moments in shocking case of missing boy
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one of the most shocking and troubling cases in modern Irish history. The disappearance of Ky...
‘Generation Rent’: Can James Browne’s “maverick” approach to solving the housing crisis really work?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rent pressure zones, cabins in gardens and the appointment of a “maverick” to kick open doors’...
Paul Williams on the ‘heroic’ forensic scientist who survived The General’s car bomb
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on The Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Paul Williams, Special Correspondent with The...
'Nightmare’ Trump meeting for Taoiseach looms and Sinn Féin’s White House boycott explained
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The annual St Patrick's Day expedition to Washington will happen amid greater uncertainty about what...
Post-mortem of a career: Dr Khalid Jaber and the murder cases collapsed by his evidence
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During his time as deputy state pathologist, Dr Khalid Jaber was a regular presence at crime scenes ...
Revisited: MrBeast and the 'misogyny and sexism' lawsuit engulfing You Tube's biggest star
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You might think Mr Beast is the name of a character from a children's story or the moniker of a gang...
Trump’s political assault on Europe: Should Ireland reconsider its military neutrality?
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He claimed he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, but a month in, and Don...
Irish Dancing's latest scandal: Fraudulent emails, smear campaigns and fake police reports
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Irish dancing may appear to be a world of dazzling costumes, intricate footwork, perfect manicured h...
Inside the courtroom: Grisly details of Dublin cattle-iron torture attack emerge
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Five men have appeared in court charged over the “planned and organised” torture of a man at a p...
Deepfake: Garda probe into explicit phoney topless images of female politician
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Malicious fake images of a female politician circulated during the general election are being invest...
Angela Kerins and the 2014 PAC grilling that made history
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Angela Kerins, the former chief executive of the Rehab Group, found herself in front of the for...
The Official IRA’s chaotic ‘training’ trip to North Korea
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back in 1988, six members of the Official IRA made their way to North Korea to receive ‘state of t...
Broken dynasty: How Elon Musk's family tree shaped his extreme world view
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He’s a billionaire, a tech visionary, many would call him a disruptor and lately, one of the loude...
Inside the vicious attack by brothers of Kyle Hayes on childhood friend
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once a promising Limerick minor football player, Ciaran Ryan forged ties in his local community that...
Behind the scenes of the Senator Martin Conway scandal and Fine Gael 'omerta'
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Senator Martin Conway finds himself at the centre of two major controversies. The first, an inapprop...