The Indo Daily

Lance Armstrong was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles. In the first of a two-part special, Sunday Independent Journalist, Paul Kimmage tells his story, and how he helped expose Armstrong's doping. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dubliner Pierre Zakrzewski was covering the Ukraine conflict for Fox News when a vehicle he was travelling in was hit during Russian shelling, killing him and one of his colleagues. Pierre’s wife Michelle Ross-Stanton speaks to the Indo Daily about her determination to find out more about his death and keeping his memory alive. Host: Siobhan Maguire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

In this personal account, the former Minister and Sunday Independent columnist Shane Ross tells the Indo Daily about his problem betting. Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guest: Shane Ross. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fever pitch has begun for soccer fans all over the world with last night's Qatar World Cup finally kicking off - albeit swaddled in controversy. The Indo Daily finds out more about this year's event, and previous World Cup scandals. Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guest: Dan McDonnell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a brand new sister podcast, the Irish Independent's football team preview the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. In this episode Aidan O'Hara is joined by Daniel McDonnell to preview the groups, the weak spots and the dark horses in the tournament. You can follow The Indo World Cup wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood testing company Theranos, could be facing up to 20 years in prison for her role in the fraudulent claims made by the company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ireland in 1985 experienced a very unusual phenomenon, which had much of the nation on its knees - the mass hysteria of Moving Statues. The Indo Daily finds out more. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guest: Liam Collins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bread baking to backbiting - the ICA has been a backbone of Irish life Since its foundation in 1910. Now a series of allegations about corporate governance has cast a shadow over the organisation and reveals a series of rows that have been cooking for years. Host: Fionnán Sheehan. Guest Ellen Coyne See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vicky Phelan - the woman who exposed the CervicalCheck scandal in the HSE - has died, The Indo Daily tells her story. Host: Kevin Doyle. Guests: Billy Keane & Nicola Anderson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Donald Trump tipped to announce a presidential run and the success of the far right in Italy, Hungary and Sweden, can Ireland remain complacent? Host: Kevin Doyle. Guests: John O'Brennan and Larry Donnelly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Larry Murphy has been a free man since 2010, after serving over years for the brutal rape and attempted murder of a woman in Carlow in 2010. Now, decades on, he is linked once again to the disappearance of Deirdre Jacob. The Indo Daily finds out more. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guest: Paul Williams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facial recognition expert Prof Hassan Ugail claims that an 87-year-old man in Australia is the British peer Lord Lucan, who dramatically disappeared after the murder of his family’s nanny Sandra Rivett in 1974. The aristocrat vanished after Rivett’s murder and thus began decades of claimed sightings of British aristocrat. Despite a global manhunt for Lord Lucan he could not be found. But that coul...

In an exclusive in-depth interview Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has shown a willingness to enter a transfer pact with Fianna Fáil in the next general election. The soon-to-be-appointed Taoiseach also talks about his reshuflle plans, his belief Sinn Fein will wreck the economy and the time he went to a Carl Cox gig in a Dublin nightclub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the return of ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ – it soon became apparent that 80’s icon Boy George would be one of the key contestants. His hit songs were not the only thing that viewers remembered with many people bringing up the Culture Club’s singers 2009 conviction for falsely imprisoning a male escort. HOST: Kevin Doyle GUEST: John Meagher See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Twitter, Stripe and now Meta - the talk of job losses in the tech sector is rising every day. Just how dependent is Ireland on these massive brands and will the tech wreck ruin our economy? Host: Kevin Doyle. Guest: Adrian Weckler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From dating, and dumping Julia Roberts, to his three-decade struggle with addiction, Friends star Matthew Perry's new book ‘Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing’ - is not for the fainthearted. The Indo Daily finds out more about his life behind the laughs. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guest: Jenn Gannon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alec Baldwin’s motion to be dropped from a lawsuit brought by the script supervisor of the Rust movie has been denied by a US judge. The lawsuit claims Baldwin “recklessly” fired a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, in October 2021. In the aftermath of that fatal shooting, the Indo Daily looked back on the life of Baldwin, his controversial personal life, and colourful career. H...

August 2013 and Irish woman Michaella McCollum – along with her travelling companion Melissa Reid, attempted to leave Peru with €1.6million worth of cocaine. Nabbed by the airport authorities – they both would begin a perilous and treacherous life behind bars at the notorious Ancon 2 prison. We look at the story of the ‘Peru Two’ that is now the subject of a new series on Netflix - ‘High: Confessi...

For many Americans, the November 2022 midterm elections are the most important in the nation’s history with the future of Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s careers on the line. No longer are elections purely based on what Bill Clinton termed “Economy Stupid” - now Democrats and Republicans are going head to head in a personalised all out “Culture War.” But who will win? See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Prince Harry's new memoir 'Spare' is on its way. The Indo Daily asks what will his 'tell-all' book reveal? Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guest: Sinéad Ryan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An antique in the hot seat is the last thing you'd expect from the Late Late Show, but that's exactly what happened. The Indo Daily hears more about the chair that created a national scandal. Presenter: Siobhán Maguire. Guest: Liam Collins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2011, Nicola Furlong embarked on the trip of a lifetime to Japan. A student at Dublin City University, Nicola went to Tokyo to for her Erasmus year of study. But eight months later, she was murdered, leaving her distraught family in Ireland seeking answers and justice. Her killer Richard Hinds will be free within weeks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, killer Patrick Quirke's appeal against his conviction for the murder of love rival Bobby Ryan was delayed. Quirke murdered Mr Ryan, a part-time DJ known as ‘Mr Moonlight’, so he could rekindle an affair with Mr Ryan’s girlfriend Mary Lowry. Host: Kevin Doyle. Guest: Catherine Fegan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A young mother of 2 - Judy Malinowski - suffered 90% burns across her body after her boyfriend, Michael Slager, dowsed her in gasoline and set her alight. Within months of giving a deposition to Ohio courts - Judy died. However her videotaped conversations with lawyers would ultimately be used as testimony at her own murder trail which would result in an historic legal case. HOST: Fionnán Sheahan...