Unsolved: Who murdered the BBC's golden girl Jill Dando?
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1999 Jill Dando was the ‘golden girl’ of British television. The 37-year-old's murder on her ...
Unsolved: Lost Boys of Belfast
02 Jan 2024
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A compelling new documentary ‘Lost Boys - Belfast’s Missing Children’ has shed new light on th...
Unsolved: The killer, the middleman and now the mastermind - the murder of Irene White
01 Jan 2024
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Irene White was brutally stabbed to death at her home in Dundalk, Co Louth, in 2005. Following an in...
The fall of Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair – Part Two
30 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair was on the top of his game. He was feared by nationalists and ruled the S...
The fall of Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair – Part One
29 Dec 2023
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Johnny Adair’s name is well known, his face instantly recognizable, his voice familiar but he’s ...
Downfall: Russell Brand and his year of allegations and financial fallout
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the noughties, he was all pervasive; from MTV, Channel 4 and BBC, to the biggest comedy venues ac...
Downfall: What Big Tech can learn from the demise of Blackberry
27 Dec 2023
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Is the next generation coming to unsettle the tech giants of today? Blackberry, once the number one ...
Downfall: The TV moment that cost presenter John Leslie his career
26 Dec 2023
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At the height of his fame, John Leslie was one of the most recognisable faces on UK television. All ...
Downfall: Unicorn to bankruptcy - The fall of WeWork’s charismatic 'tech messiah' Adam Neumann
25 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With a peak valuation of 47 billion dollars, Adam Neumann's WeWork was once a global empire. But his...
Revisited: The vagabond millionaire, a derelict house and the Sinn Féin money
24 Dec 2023
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Upon his death in 2018 reclusive millionaire William Hampton left the vast majority of his estate to...
Killing Edgar – Part Two: The impact of the IRA murder of Edgar Graham
22 Dec 2023
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Edgar Graham was murdered in broad daylight at Queen’s University on 7 December 1983. A law lectur...
Killing Edgar – Part One: The IRA murder of Edgar Graham at Queen’s University
21 Dec 2023
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Edgar Graham was just 29 years old when the IRA gunned him down at Queen’s University in Belfast. ...
Howlers, triumphs and plenty of rizz: 2023's political moments of the year
20 Dec 2023
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As 2023 draws to a close, we look back at some of the more extraordinary moments to take place insid...
Riots, The Regency and RTE: 2023's news wrap of the year
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From gangland cases in the Special Criminal Court, to RTE's drastic fall from grace during this summ...
Stalkers, sexism and Santa: Could Christmas movies like Love Actually be made today?
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
December is drawing to a close, so it’s time for some seasonal escapism as we consider the humble ...
Revisited: The JP McManus story - from farming boy to GAA billionaire benefactor
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
JP McManus is donating an incredible €1million to every GAA county board. This episode, first broa...
The former Fine Gael politician and country-music star accused of laundering €2.6 million
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Many faces of Frank Kilbride. How a former Fine Gael councillor, and titan of the Irish country ...
From Rwanda to Rosslare – How immigration policy is changing in the UK & Ireland
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is Richi Sunak’s attempts to “stop the boats” sinking his premiership and why is Ireland now c...
Supermacs Pat McDonagh's fight against €2 million planning ransom demands
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From humble beginnings as a school teacher, to one of Irelands most well-known and vocal entrepreneu...
Conor McGregor’s legal battle with former friend and teammate
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From sparring partners to courtroom adversaries, Conor McGregor and former friend and teammate Artem...
Michael O'Leary: Turbulent times ahead for Ryanair’s brash CEO?
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is no stranger to controversy. Since 1994 he has grown the airline fro...
Revisited: X-rated videos, drug addiction, and an illicit affair - the controversies of Hunter Biden
10 Dec 2023
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Joe Biden's son Hunter has been rocked by a litany of personal and professional scandals, including ...
Are Sinn Féin losing ground as recent tactics backfire?
08 Dec 2023
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A fractious week for Mary Lou Macdonald saw her party fail to oust Justice Minister Helen McEntee wh...
Toxic masculinity: Is David Meessen a harmless dating guru?
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The term ‘alpha male’ originally referred to the animal kingdom, but online, it's become a weapo...
Molly Martens: How a clerical error nearly led to the release of Jason Corbett’s killers
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A dramatic 24 Hours in North Carolina, saw Molly Martens and her father on the brink of release. How...
Brandon Ledwidge: The first gangland murder of 2023
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The murder of Brandon Ledwidge in Finglas last week was remarkable in that it was the first such kil...
Conor McGregor: Political scapegoat or far-right poster-boy?
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Ireland, we are at war…there is a grave danger upon us….make change, or make way.” The twee...
The story of the Stickies: why the IRA split in two
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why did the IRA split in two, into the Provisionals and the Officials? The so-called ‘Stickies’ ...
Ukraine's spymaster and the Russian poisoning plot
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Ukraine’s spymaster Kyrylo Budanov is a hate figure in Russia. To date, he claims no less than ...
Poet, punk, performer extraordinaire - Shane MacGowan has left us
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From a poetry-fuelled middle class upbringing to the chaotic UK punk scene, Shane MacGowan was an in...
The Builder Brothers' Bust-Up: A Family Feud and the High Court
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Not so long ago, Hugh and Greg Kavanagh were emerging as the post Celtic tiger big boys in the prope...
Emily Hand, Leo Varadkar, and the fallout from that tweet
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scenes of jubilation as 9-year-old Irish Israeli Emily Hand was finally reunited with her family aft...
The Garda failure to act? The rise of the far right and the Dublin riots
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is the far right set for political gains in Ireland like those in other European countries? We also ...
The phone tapping scandal and the downfall of Charles Haughey
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1981, The Fianna Fail government ordered the tapping of journalists phones to find out who was le...
Revisited: ‘Money for Jam’ – What John Delaney did next
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Delaney is recruiting his Irish contacts to become directors of brass-plate Irish companies for...
The Dublin Riots: Anarchy on our streets and the fallout from it
24 Nov 2023
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Dublin City is cleaning up the aftermath of violent scenes following a night of rioting, clashes wit...
Sam Altman - OpenAI's revolving door and the future of AI
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence often dominates business and tech news of late, and all too often these stor...
Spiritans Scandal: 'No amount of money can take back what happened'
23 Nov 2023
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More than a dozen settlements have been made by the Spiritans congregation in the last year after ci...
The mystery behind a gruesome double murder in a lonely Longford village
22 Nov 2023
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Killed in their kitchen on a cold November night, the mysterious double murder that has all but been...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Cassie Ventura and the 24-hour lawsuit that shook a hip-hop icon
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rapper and hip-hop icon Sean 'Diddy' Combs was at the centre of disturbing allegations by his former...
Rule Britannia: Can Tubs match the success of other Irish broadcasters in the UK?
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After being ejected from RTE, Ryan Tubridy has landed on his feet in London with a new radio show at...
Poison, prank calls and Putin - the trials of Alexei Navalny
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Martyr, revolutionary, and a constant thorn in Putin’s side, how could the imprisoned opposition l...
The Tánaiste’s Middle East tour and the search for Emily Hand
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Tánaiste Micheál Martin tours the Middle East looking to secure both the release of 8-year-old ...
Resignations, financial trouble, and the man behind the Peter McVerry Trust
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long known for helping people in need – the Peter McVerry Trust now finds itself seeking financial...
The FAI’s latest financial own goal
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Staff at the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have reacted with anger at the revelation that Jo...
Kevin Bakhurst’s belt-tightening and the long road back from scandal for RTÉ
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
No RTÉ stars will make more than €250,000 under the broadcaster's cost-cutting plan. These are so...
David Cameron is back as Suella Braverman gets the sack
13 Nov 2023
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After picking fights with Palestinian protesters, the police and the homeless, outspoken British Hom...
Windmills, whales, and Trump’s pick for possible Vice President
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump and his children testified in front of a New York judge to dispute claims that the form...
Revisited: Last letter reveals lonely life and 'cruel' deaths of mysterious Tipperary couple
12 Nov 2023
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Nicholas and Hillary Smith lay dead in their Tipperary home for 18 months until their bodies were di...
Mother, monster, killer - Who is the real Molly Martens?
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Molly Martens arrived in Limerick in 2008, she seemed like an All-American Girl with the world ...
The Ashling Murphy trial: how Jozef Puska tried to get away with murder
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ashling Murphy, a 23 year old primary school teacher went for a run on the banks of the Grand Canal ...
Luis Diaz: The big business of South American kidnapping
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Soccer star Luis Diaz has continued to play for Liverpool despite his father being held hostage in h...
Adoption, allegations, and a deadly assault – Molly Martens sentencing developments
07 Nov 2023
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‘Primary focus of Molly Martens’ existence’ was to adopt Jason Corbett’s children, divorce h...
Scratch my back: Robert De Niro and the courtroom battle with his ex-assistant
07 Nov 2023
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Description: Award winning actor Robert De Niro is in a legal battle, after his former assistant acc...
WeWork faces bankruptcy: The fall of charismatic 'tech messiah' Adam Neumann
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With a peak valuation of 47 billion dollars, Adam Neumann's WeWork was once a global empire. But his...
The lost boys of Belfast
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A compelling new documentary ‘Lost Boys- Belfast’s Missing Children’ has shed new light on the...
Ashling Murphy trial: Jozef Puska claims he was stabbed by man who also attacked the schoolteacher
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the Central Criminal Court heard more evidence from Jozef Puska, the man accused of murdering...
Molly Martens trial latest: claims that Jason Corbett was abusive
02 Nov 2023
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The retrial of Molly and Tom Martens for the brutal killing of Jason Corbett has seen their defence ...
'We aren't running out of compassion, we're running out of cash': Welfare payments for Ukrainian refugees
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Russia - Ukraine war broke out in 2022, Ireland has welcomed nearly 100,000 Ukrainian refu...
The RTE star, a Meath housing estate and the families in need of a Home Rescue
01 Nov 2023
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It's been 3 years since these families in Meath put down a deposit on their dream homes. Now, after ...
The Mountjoy Prison Helicopter Escape and the manhunt that followed
31 Oct 2023
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50 years ago this week, Mountjoy Prison played host to one of the most dramatic escapes in history. ...
Revisited: The killing of Jason Corbett and the Tom and Molly Martens retrial
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the retrial of Tom and Molly Martens gets underway in North Carolina. The pair were previ...
James Mitchell: The Butcher of Glenanne and the Dublin Monaghan bombings
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The ‘Glenanne Gang’ were responsible for up 120 murders including the Dublin Monaghan bombings, ...
Wix, Web Summit and why work and politics don't mix
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recent stories about Wix and the Web Summit have shown that airing personal views online can have se...
The ‘weirdo’ billionaire who has Donald Trump and King Charles in trouble
26 Oct 2023
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Donations to the Royals, discussing nuclear submarines with US Presidents and influencing Prime Mini...
John Magnier: the private billionaire's many public battles
25 Oct 2023
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Although Irish billionaire John Magnier famously avoids the media spotlight - he's been no stranger ...
Coleen Rooney, Wagatha Christie and the cult of the celebrity documentary
24 Oct 2023
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While the Wagatha Christie trial is long behind us, a new documentary featuring Coleen Rooney claims...
The Rules of War explained
23 Oct 2023
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With war raging in the Middle East and Europe, we ask; have the lessons of the 20th century been for...
What now for the Web Summit? The continued fallout from Paddy Cosgrave’s comments
21 Oct 2023
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Following claims last week by Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave that Israel was engaging in “war c...
James 'Nellie' Walsh: The gangland criminal on the run from his enemies
20 Oct 2023
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Gangland criminal James 'Nellie Walsh' is a hunted man... but this time it's not by Gardaí. In fact...
The Ashling Murphy murder trial: Garda tells of 'so much blood'
19 Oct 2023
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A garda and a colleague attempted CPR and chest compressions to Ashling for ten to 15 minutes after ...
Octagon of Opulence: Inside Conor McGregor’s multi-million property empire
19 Oct 2023
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He conquered the fighting world, and now Conor McGregor is quietly constructing a property portfoli...
The Ashling Murphy murder trial: Witnesses take to the stand
18 Oct 2023
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A woman out for a jog along the Grand Canal in Tullamore saw a man crouched over a girl who was lyin...
The Ashling Murphy murder trial: Opening statements
17 Oct 2023
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Murder accused Jozef Puska told gardaí "I did it. I murdered. I am the murderer" when officers spok...
Chaos in Gaza as Israel prepares to retaliate against Hamas
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the world holds its breath as Israeli forces prepare to take action against Hamas, what is the cu...
The Irish actor conned out of thousands by fake Hollywood producer
16 Oct 2023
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For Eoin O’Brien, a Dublin expat living in Bangkok, securing a part in a blockbuster film was the ...
Revisited: Has the long Island serial killer been caught at last?
15 Oct 2023
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An architect has been accused of killing three women whose bodies were found close together in 2010 ...
Tubridy, redundancy, insolvency – the latest woes at RTÉ?
13 Oct 2023
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RTÉ director-general Kevin Bakhurst came in for a grilling at the Public Accounts Committee on the ...
Tina Satchwell murder : Man arrested after skeletal remains found at Youghal property
12 Oct 2023
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Tina Satchwell mysteriously disappeared from her home in Youghal, Co Cork in March 2017. Gardai have...
Holly Willoughby: the light and shade of This Morning's duo
12 Oct 2023
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After 14 years on the couch at ITV's 'This Morning', Holly Willoughby has officially called it a day...
Why Britney Spears’ knife dancing sparks police intervention and fan concern
11 Oct 2023
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Recently Britney Spears took to Instagram dancing with 2 large butcher’s knives. Why did she do th...
What Budget 2024 means for you and your pocket
10 Oct 2023
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It's a €14bn budget, with €2.7bn of it set aside to address the 'cost-of-living' crisis, but who...
Explainer: Israel-Hamas war - what happened and what could follow
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Saturday, Hamas launched a series of unprecedented attacks on Israel killing hundreds of civilian...
Black Axe – The notorious international criminal network now based in Ireland
09 Oct 2023
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Black Axe are an international crime gang now based in Ireland, who specialise in romance and busine...
EXTRA - Does a child in ‘Kildare’ really identify as a cat?
08 Oct 2023
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Tall tales of children ‘identifying as cats’ have gone viral in recent years. Journalists look i...
Máiría Cahill on the rise of Sinn Fein and Mary Lou McDonald as Taoiseach
06 Oct 2023
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Máiría Cahill waived her anonymity in 2014 when she detailed allegations of sexual abuse at the ha...
Abercrombie + Fitch - the ugly sex scandal rocking the fashion world
05 Oct 2023
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With a marketing strategy built around a very particular beauty ideal, Abercrombie & Fitch was once ...
RTE: Further barter account investigation and pressure to hold senior executives accountable
04 Oct 2023
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Media Minister Catherine Martin was before the Oireachtas Media Committee today where she answered q...
Defendant in the murder of Tupac Shakur speaks in court.
04 Oct 2023
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In the mid-90s rapper Tupac Shakur was at the top of the entertainment world. But his life was cut s...
How drug smuggling keeps getting sunk by the Cork coastline.
03 Oct 2023
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Last week’s record cocaine haul wasn’t the first time a drug shipment was scuttled. Over the pas...
Unsolved - Who murdered the BBC's golden girl Jill Dando?
02 Oct 2023
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In 1999 Jill Dando was the ‘golden girl’ of British television. The 37-year-old's murder on her ...
Best of: The Vatican, Mussolini, and a UFO cover-up – the Pentagon whistleblower story
01 Oct 2023
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The Indo Daily goes all Mulder and Scully and examines the claims made by the Pentagon whistleblower...
Hurling legend DJ Carey charged in court
29 Sep 2023
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Hurling legend DJ Carey has been charged with multiple deception and forgery offences in an alleged ...
GB News scandal: Dan Wootton sacked from MailOnline as fallout from Laurence Fox interview grows
28 Sep 2023
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Dan Wootton has been sacked by the MailOnline just a day after he was suspended by GB News for his i...
Seizures on the cocaine ‘mothership’ - the MV Matthew - estimated at €156million as Kinahan link probed
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish Navy fired warning shots at the MV Matthew’s to force the ship to stop leaving Irish wat...
RTÉ spending: Luxury hotels and the Late Late Show’s 'celebrity booker'
27 Sep 2023
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Four-star luxury hotel rooms for staff, the hiring of a 'celebrity booker' for The Late Late Show. R...
Male escorts, sexually explicit texts and legal wranglings – more Irish dancing scandals
26 Sep 2023
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The normally wholesome world of Irish dancing is once again making sensational headlines with male e...
‘Every room was covered in blood’ - the brutal murder of Sligo man Pat Ward
25 Sep 2023
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McCrea Park was a quiet and peaceful close-knit community. That all changed one Saturday morning in ...
Thomas Niedermayer: How the IRA murder of a German businessman led to the death of his wife and children
24 Sep 2023
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Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his Belfast home in 1973.There was no ransom demand, no inform...
Out Now: I'm Not Here to Hurt You, Episode 6
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John’s story has caught the attention of many but none more so than the bank teller who played a p...