The Indo Daily

Extra: Conor McGregor loses appeal in Nikita Hand civil rape case

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Conor McGregor has lost his challenge against a High Court jury's finding that he raped Nikita Hand in a Dublin penthouse. Ms Hand sued the former MMA...

‘It’s like a sick perversion of Squid Game’: Horror in Gaza as tide begins to turn against Netanyahu

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shocking imagery from Gaza of extreme hunger has caused a visible shift in media coverage and political perspective. In recent days, Donald Trump, Kei...

The unsolved death of Joe Deacy, and the ‘vicious’ poison pen letters that followed

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Almost eight years on, no one has been held accountable for the violent death of 21-year-old Joe Deacy who was found unconscious outside a home in Swi...

The trouble with EuroMillions: Dolores McNamara’s €115m win, 20 years on

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 2005, a typical Friday night in the local pub changed the life of Dolores McNamara forever when she learned that the EuroMillions tic...

Extra: Trump’s tariff triumph - A bad loss for Ireland and a disaster for the EU

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following months of speculation and negotiations, the European Union has finally struck a trade agreement with the US which will see both sides settle...

The Miami Showband Massacre: ‘ They tried to wipe out the entire band.’ 

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1960s Ireland, while the Catholic Church still held sway, a new cultural force was rising — the showband scene. Ballrooms filled up night after n...

'Prison rules didn't really exist' Former Governor of infamous Maze prison on dealing with Michael Stone, Billy Wright and Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

William McKee is a former governor of the Maze Prison. He was the senior governor in charge of the prison on the 27th December 1997. That was the day ...

Porn and violence in the 'digital age crackdown': Are children safe online? 

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Ireland’s long-promised safety crackdown on social media platforms came into effect, which aims to shield children from harmful online co...

Fermanagh shooting: Community in shock after woman and children killed in suspected murder

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Three members of a family have been murdered in Maguiresbridge. The mother and her two children were shot in their family home – with two of them dy...

Ep 2: Secret phones, wiped laptops and ‘dirty’ money

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's a bitter, messy row with multiple parties involved, and many, many millions on the line. John Magnier – one of Ireland’s wealthiest men and a...

Ep 1: John Magnier's bitter land row and the €15m handshake deal 

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For nearly 400 years, the Barne Estate in Tipperary has been under the ownership of the Thomson-Moore family, going all the way back to 1654. Today, t...

'Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?’ - Washington tells Ireland to ‘sober up’ over Occupied Territories Bill

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

First introduced in 2018 by senator Frances Black, the Occupied Territories Bill is increasingly the subject of public pressure and debate, as Taoisea...

Election fraudster linked to Healy-Rae family firm

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A senator has called for an investigation after he claimed a man who pleaded guilty to electoral fraud works for a company run by the Healy-Rae dynast...

The age of mistrust: Are AI videos getting too real?

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we spot the truth from a lie online? Are AI photos and videos getting too convincing? And what can be done to stop the spread of misinformation...

Trump’s broken promises: Why the Epstein files are causing a MAGA meltdown

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Six years ago, notorious paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his New York City prison cell. And yet, Epstein’s influence - and the mystery ...

Extra: Tears, tension and a verdict that may not bring closure: The Joe Grogan inquest

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Another hearing and another bombshell moment inside the Tullamore courthouse. Tears, tension and a verdict that may not bring closure after the i...

Mary Lou McDonald, Ireland’s next president?

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This may be the most open Irish presidential election we’ve ever seen, with every man and his dog seeming to have been linked to the Áras at some p...

DJ Carey’s Texas trips, Cancer Care and the Croke Park Conundrum

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DJ Carey, once hailed as hurling royalty, now stands at the centre of a deception scandal that shook Ireland and reached as far as Texas. As the GAA p...

What next for Dylan McGrath as Fade Street empire on the brink

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once hailed as the enfant terrible of Irish cuisine, Dylan McGrath had a Michelin star by the age 29, became household TV presenter by 33, but after a...

Self Aid: Rewind to the moment where Ireland tried to sing its way out of recession

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1986, Ireland staged its own answer to Live Aid – but this time, the crisis was at home. With U2, Van Morrison and Thin Lizzy on stage, Self Aid ...

Colm O’Regan: “I did a gig where I got a jumper as payment”

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Sunday’s Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast Money Talks, a podcast from the Irish Independent hosted by Katie Byrne, focused on...

Peter McGann: “Irish comedy has come a long way since bad jokes about the drunk Irishman.”

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s Indo Daily comes from one of our sister podcasts, Under The Grill. The actor and viral comedian Peter McGann joins Kevin Dundon and Caoimhe ...

Bringing back the bedsit? Housing Minister James Browne’s ‘radical’ new apartment plan

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Housing — it's the defining issue of a generation. Now, the Housing Minister has unveiled what’s being billed as a radical plan to ‘revolutionis...

40 years of low fares and high drama: How Ryanair changed Europe one controversy at a time

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

40 years ago this week, at 8.30am on July 8, 1985, a 15-seater aircraft with a full complement of passengers took off from Waterford airport to London...

The crucifix, the marriage cert and the National Ploughing Championship: The Joseph Grogan inquest

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Offaly farmer Joseph Grogan died hours after marrying his partner, the inquest that followed was anything but simple. Now the circumstances aroun...

The bankrupt Dublin Jeweller, the fake gems and the missing diamonds

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In recent weeks, The Sunday Independent revealed that a customer took legal action against Empress Fine Jewels, which was ordered to pay her nearly €...

The €550,000 man - but is Sean Sweeney our MetroLink messiah or future fall guy?

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Sweeney has been handed €550k and a ticking clock – now the future of MetroLink rests on his shoulders. Can the straight-talking CEO break th...

Jenny Claffey: “Affording something doesn’t mean you have the money in your bank account”

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sunday’s Indo Daily is brought to you by one of our sister podcasts; Money Talks, a podcast from the Irish Independent hosted by Katie Byrne, focuse...

Nicola Tallant – “The Monk dined on a haloumi burger on our first real face to face’

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today's Indo Daily is brought to you by one of our sister podcasts Under the Grill. ­ Podcaster Nicola Tallant joins Kevin Dundon and Caoimhe Young i...

How George Gibney has run from child abuse allegations for over 30 years

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For 30 years disgraced former Irish swim coach George Gibney (77) has avoided child abuse allegations, relocating around the United States and refusin...

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, Rushmore ambitions and a new Irish envoy

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

US president Donald Trump wants his name on a bill, his face on a mountain and gators guarding the border. And what does the new US ambassador to Irel...

Extra: DJ Carey pleads guilty - Kilkenny hurler admits to falsely claiming he had cancer

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hurling star DJ Carey has admitted falsely claiming he had cancer and defrauding people into paying him for treatment. The former Kilkenny player (54)...

Claim Nikita Hand was assaulted by ex-partner dramatically dropped by Conor McGregor

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lawyers for Conor McGregor dramatically withdrew a bid to introduce new evidence in his civil rape case appeal. Evidence included allegations made by ...

Revisiting Grace Livingstone’s murder, as husband who sued Gardaí over probe into killing dies

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James Livingstone, who sued An Garda Síochána for branding him a suspect in the murder of his wife Grace Livingstone at their Co Dublin home in 1992...

Exposed: How workers are getting sick certs for €25 without seeing a doctor

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Need a medical certificate to take sick leave from work? It used to be that the only way to get one was an in-person visit to your GP. But in the post...

Rob Lipsett: ‘You can spend €20,000 on a bottle of champagne but it’s also easy to live the normal Spanish life’  

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are bringing Indo Daily listeners an episode from the Irish Independent’s new lifestyle podcast Money Talks, a show that explores our relationshi...

Sex therapist Grace Alice O'Se – How sex in Ireland has lost the ‘shame factor’.

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s Indo Daily comes from one of our sister podcasts; Under the Grill. The author and sex educator Grace Alice O'Se joins Kevin Dundon and Caoim...

Talk to Joe: Liveline’s most jaw-dropping moments

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This Friday, the nation has one last chance to talk to Joe.  After almost three decades, Joe Duffy is set to hang up the iconic Liveline micropho...

Why the IRFU is buying swathes of luxury D4 property

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why is the IRFU playing landlord in Dublin’s most expensive postcode? Despite recently calling time on its rugby sevens team, it appears that Irelan...

Protests, foam-parties and a MAGA guest list: Jeff Bezos's controversial $10m wedding

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With a historical 16th-century city becoming the backdrop for a foam party on their yacht, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Jeff Bezos and Lau...

Sunny Jacobs - Victim complex or a complex victim?

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When 78-year-old Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs, along with her carer Kevin Kelly (31) died in a house fire at the Connemara home she called her “sanctuar...

Extra: Trump’s Gamble - Striking Iran, backing Israel and raising the stakes

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has rolled the dice striking Iran’s nuclear sites in what looks like his boldest show of support for Israel yet. It’s a move that cou...

West Cork and the Wreckage: Ireland’s role in the 1985 Air India disaster

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 vanished off the Irish coast – killing 329 people in what would become the deadliest terror attack in aviatio...

Noraid: The IRA and Sinn  Féin’s American funding wing - where all those dollars went

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Buckets in bars, banquets in ballrooms – Noraid raised millions for the republican cause. But was it for families of prisoners… or for buying guns...

Election promises under scrutiny: The Government’s six-month report card

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Six months into the new Government, and all seems to be oddly quiet in the world of Irish politics.  Yes, we’ve had the furore over the Regiona...

‘Tattle Life’ exposed: When gossip ends in court

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Neil and Donna Sands took on gossip site Tattle Life - and won. Today we ask why is this landmark libel payout sending shockwaves through the online i...

Extra: ‘It was absolute chaos’ - Kneecap’s Mo Chara appears in court over terror charge

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was pandemonium in London on Wednesday morning as Kneecap’s Mo Chara appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court. Hundreds turned out to support th...

Israel-Iran: “The next 24 to 36 hours are crucial in the way this war may develop”

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the Middle East on the verge of a regional all-out war? Could the situation turn nuclear and cause yet another cost-of-living crisis? The next 24 t...

The rise, fall and resurgence of Brian ‘King Rat’ Rattigan

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In early June, a shooting took place near a Dublin playground in broad daylight. There were no injuries, but a clear message was sent. Among the group...

Brian O’Driscoll & Amy Huberman Incorporated: The €12 million empire

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Behind the banter and Instagram charm lies a multimillion-euro machine. How did Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman turn celebrity into serious capita...

Revisited: Donal Fallon’s walking tour of infamous Dublin monuments

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Chime in the Slime, the Floozy in the Jacuzzi, the Stiletto in the Ghetto. These are just a few of the dubious nicknames Dubliners have given to c...

Extra: Revisiting the disappearance of Annie McCarrick, as man (60s) arrested on suspicion of murder

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

*This podcast was originally recorded in February 2023* On Thursday in Dublin, Gardaí arrested a man in relation to the murder of Annie McCarrick, wh...

Fires and fury: Third night of violent disorder at Northern Ireland’s anti-migrant riots

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unrest and violence continued for a third night this in Northern Ireland, with petrol bombs thrown, buildings and vehicles set ablaze, and dozens of p...

Why it’s last-chance saloon for the Government to get housing right

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve now been living some version of a housing crisis for two decades. First there was the Celtic Tiger and its crazy house prices. Then there was...

Missing and murdered - garda handling of Mike Gaine and Tina Satchwell cases in the spotlight

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why did it take gardaí six years to find the body of Tina Satchwell under the stairs of her own home? And why didn't the search of a slurry tank just...

'A different level of evil’: The convicted rapist who stalked three Sunday World journalists

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last week a convicted rapist who threatened and harassed three female Sunday World journalists has been jailed for 11 years. Mark McAnaw repeatedly se...

Rugby stars, Leaving Cert grinds, lewd jokes and a High Court case  

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world of online grinds isn’t usually the focus of a High Court battle, and yet the high-profile transfer of a well-respected maths teacher from ...

Is AI putting your job at risk: ‘Unemployment could hit 20% in the next five years’

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could AI potentially blackmail humans in the future? Would it be a help or hindrance to schools? And will it lead to mass unemployment? Today’s Indo...

Crypto President: Inside Trump’s billion-dollar business empire

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

During Donald Trump’s first term as president, his family continued to generate millions in revenue on things like merchandise such as MAGA hats and...

Carlow gun attack: How a wave of disinformation spread like wildfire

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Sunday, 22-year-old Evan Fitzgerald discharged multiple rounds at Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow before taking his own life. As the incident u...

Extra: ‘A monster’ – Richard Satchwell sentenced to life in prison as Tina’s family speak in court

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The five-week murder trial of Richard Satchwell has captivated the nation — and today, it came to a close. Satchwell has been sentenced for the kill...

Gerry Adams: What €100K defamation win against the BBC means for his legacy, Sinn Féin and Irish media

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last Friday, Gerry Adams won a High Court defamation action against the BBC and has been awarded €100,000 in damages. Mr Adams’ legacy and how he ...

Why does nobody want to become the next President of Ireland?

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do the following have in common? Micheál Martin, Mary Lou McDonald, Heather Humphreys, Sean O Fhergail, Michael McDowell and Miriam O’Callagha...

Meet the Macrons: The teacher, the pupil and the slap that broke the internet

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They were just playfighting. That was French president Emmanuel Macron’s explanation last week for video images that show his wife, Brigitte, pushin...

Revisited: Scandals, affairs and death threats — The Sunday night tradition of Glenroe

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From its inception in 1983 to the final episode in 2001, we look at how Glenroe became must-see TV in Ireland and discover how it made the nation ques...

Satchwell guilty: The six key lies that sealed a murderer’s fate

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Satchwell has been found guilty of the murder of his wife Tina, following a five-week trial at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court. We look at h...

Fiona Pender: ‘Credible’ information from witness sparked fresh searches this week

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, gardai have searched multiple sites in the Leinster area, after information was received about the murder of Fiona Pender. Pender was last ...

Children's Health Ireland: Metal, mistakes and a medical scandal 

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We go to hospitals to get better. To feel safe. But for some families in Ireland, the story that’s playing out at Children’s Health Ireland has be...

From kidnapped heiress to on-the-run terrorist – the Patty Hearst story

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In mid-1970s America, the world was watching in as the bizarre story of the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst became a viral – and violent – real...

Nikki Hayes: “I lost my job, I lost my house – I was out of control with my addiction”

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did Nikki Hayes go from being one of the nation’s most successful radio DJs to living on the streets of Dublin? Host: Tabitha Monahan  &nbs...

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: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His ...

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 'Under the Grill' this weekend. In each episode Kev...

“Controlling and odd”: What the court heard about Richard Satchwell from Tina’s family

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She was called a “trophy wife” by the man accused of killing her. Tina Satchwell’s half-sister told the jury at Richard Satchwell’s trial for ...

Extra: From stage to courtroom – Kneecap’s Mo Chara faces the music

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DESCRIPTION: When rapper Mo Chara of Kneecap allegedly displayed a Hezbollah flag on stage in London, he didn’t just spark controversy – he trigge...

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 its own medical drama. From planning rows, site dis...

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 skeletonised, badly decomposed and partly mummified cond...

‘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 notorious drug lords, Christy Kinahan Sr? Host: Tes...

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 two months ago. A man in his 50s is being question...

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 Corbett. His daughter Sarah talks openly about what ...

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 media circus as the unassuming businessman, Robert...

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 case? Host: Ellen Coyne Guest: Catherine FieldSee ...

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 in garda custody. Mr Satchwell, who is accused of...

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 event that “unity” seems distinctly off-key. So w...

‘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 testimony of a city now in ruins. Two million people...

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 the case in October 2023 led gardaí to notice an a...

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 swapped Donnybrook for London, but he and his agent Noel...

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/short combination. Players, TDs and the public have...

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 what does it mean that the next leader of 1.4 bil...

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 the trial of Richard Satchwell? ­ Host: Fionnán...

Conclave: White smoke and dark secrets

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In centuries past, conclave meant cardinals were literally locked away until a new pope had been elected. Today, it's the world that's locked out, as ...

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 Daily looks at the courtroom evidence presented in t...

“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 2022 when she became the victim of a classroom assa...

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 than a decade. Last week Glen Ward was given a five a...

'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. But while most of us associate its colourful his...

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 change their lives forever and become one of the bigg...

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 investigation, while a person of interest has been ...

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 his concern over her whereabouts. But in 2023, her b...

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 this time?  What started as post-Coachella ba...

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-shaped hole has never quite been filled at RTÉ. At h...

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 at their home in Youghal, Co Cork in March 2017. ...