The Indo Daily

The war in Ukraine has brought a distinctly political edge to this year’s competition. However it’s not the first time politics has spilled onto the stage. The Indo Daily looks at some of the other controversies through the years, including how an Irish love song caused a Eurovision walk-out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the first time in Northern Ireland’s one hundred and one year history, Sinn Féin is the biggest party. With talk of border polls, the Indo Daily asks if the question of a united Ireland is closer than ever? Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guests: John Downing and Ciarán Dunbar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Contentious cycle lanes from Dublin to Galway are causing consternation in neighbourhoods and even ending up in the High Court.  Galway City Council revoked plans for a temporary cycle lane along the promenade in Salthill due to concerns raised by local residents and emergency services. In Dublin work on a bike path on the Strand Road in Sandymount was halted when the high court ruled that the cyl...

Plans to build a new NMH have been delayed again. This time, it's over concerns there may still be religious interference even after it is constructed. The Indo Daily finds out more. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guests: Dr Peter Boylan and Ellen Coyne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are the tech companies, with their high salaries and expanding campuses, making it unaffordable for everyone else? And does this make Dublin a blander, less interesting city? The Big Tech show finds out. Host: Technology editor Adrian Weckler. Guests: Leonard Hobbs, Director of Trinity Research and innovation, artist Claire McCluskey, and Mark Cullen, director and curator at Pallas Projects studio...

When golfer Lydia Ko left an interviewer speechless with an honest answer about her period this week, she was praised for 'normalising' the topic. But the Indo Daily wants to know why, in 2022, we're still so uncomfortable with talking tampons, towels, and that 'time of the month'. Host: Denise Calnan. Guest: Tanya Sweeney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The libel trial of the decade between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy begins next week. How did a 216 word Instagram post turn into the social media phenomena known as ‘Wagatha Christie’? Host Kevin Doyle. Guests Sarah Caden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Russian state TV broadcast showed Ireland being wiped out by a radioactive tsunami in the event of a nuclear attack. As the war on Ukraine enters its 10th week, the Indo Daily finds out more about these empty threats. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guests: Declan Power and John O’Brennan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez lost their new born baby boy recently, bereaved parents all over the world shared in their grief. Nina Doyle, from Dublin, is one such parent, having lost her precious twins Liam and Grace four years ago, when they passed after they were born prematurely. In spite of this gaping hole in her life, Nina now devotes her time to h...

He was the Kinahan Cartel's 'main man' in the UK, but last month, Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh was given a 21-year-sentence for conspiracy to import class A and B drugs and money laundering. Now the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), is investigating the wealth and assets of other Kinahan gang members. Nicola Tallant, Investigations Editor at the Sunday World tells presenter Siobhán Maguire about 'Bomb...

Denis Donaldson answered to former Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams, and was at the heart of the republican movement for 20 years. So, how did he manage to spy for so long for the British? The Bel Tel finds out. Host: Ciarán Dunbar. Guest: Belfast Telegraph Political Editor, Suzanne Breen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The clock is ticking before two big banking players – Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland – exit the market, but why is this move such a nightmare for their customers? The Indo Daily gets the low down on a ‘switching’ showdown. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guest: Charlie Weston. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Twitter confirming that they have accepted a cash offer of $44Billion from Elon Musk for the purchase of the social media platform, the Indo Daily looks at the controversial life of the world’s richest man. Despite being from a wealthy family - Musk was hospitalised by school bullies, diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome and has courted controversy from risque tweets to smoking marijuana live o...

On the 3rd of May in 2007, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a three-year-old British girl, started a global conversation as to what could have happened her. With the 15th anniversary of that disappearance this year, and a new ‘arguido’ or official suspect named last week, the Indo Daily revisits the events on the night she went missing and what followed, including her parents Kate and Gerry...

The forecast on global fuel supplies is grim. The International Energy Agency predicts a doubling in price as well as worldwide shortages. In an attempt to tackle these energy shortages, the IEA in conjunction with the EU, are launching a new initiative - ‘Play Your Part’ - where they are asking the public to adopt energy saving tips that are hoped to reduce our energy consumption and reduce the m...

Netflix was expected to add 2.5 million subscribers in the first months of this year, but instead viewers are cancelling subscriptions in their droves. So what happened? Have we had enough of Netflix? And what is the future for TV viewing? Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guests: Tanya Sweeney and Adrian Weckler. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The final round of the French Presidential election takes place this Sunday. The Indo Daily examines if Eurosceptic Marine Le Pen could become France’s first far-right President, and what that could mean for the country’s EU membership. Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guests: Irish Independent Political Correspondent John Downing and Paris- based journalist Catherine Field. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

On Wednesday, MTK Global the boxing organisation founded by Daniel Kinahan, announced it would cease all operations. Sunday World Investigations Editor Nicola Tallant examines the gang's failed attempts to use boxing to legitimise their reputation. Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guest: Nicola Tallant See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Six years on from their marriage breakdown, actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are back in court. After losing his case against the publishers of The Sun in the UK in 2020, Mr Depp is now suing his ex-wife in the US in a second libel case. Why is he doing this and what have we learned from this very public court row? Presenter Kevin Doyle is joined by pop culture journalist, Jennifer Gannon. See o...

With Russia's large-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine underway, the Indo Daily finds out more about this shocking second phase in this two-month war. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guests: John O'Brennan, Donnacha Ó Beacháin, and Timmy Dooley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Mansfield Jr has been found not guilty of conspiring to falsely imprison - and guilty of perverting the course of justice It’s the latest chapter in the remarkable saga of the Mansfield family, who once built a property empire worth €1.6bn. Host Fionnán Sheahan talks to Sunday Independent writer Niamh Horan and Irish Independent Journalist Robin Schiller about glamourous lifestyles, hotels and...

Former Irish hockey player Catriona Carey is currently under investigation for allegedly scamming thousands of euro out of people struggling with mortgage debt. As revealed in the Irish Independent, a car driven by Carey has now been seized by Gardaí as part of their investigations. Today, The Indo Daily takes a look at the woman behind the accusations and who has previously been convicted of thef...

The cost-of-living crisis is here for the long haul, with the latest energy row concerning the impending increase in the carbon tax and the sale of a sod of turf. The Indo Daily finds out more. Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guests: Danny Healy-Rae and Austin Hughes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He’s the first sitting British Prime Minister in history to have broken the law. What do these Partygate fines mean for the PM? Host: Siobhán Maguire. Guests: Marie McCardle, Fionnán Sheahan and John Downing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gardaí have today confirmed separate murder investigations into the deaths of two men in Co Sligo. Michael Snee and Aidan Moffitt were separately assaulted and murdered in their own homes. Officers including members of the Emergency Response Unit arrested a man in his early 20s on suspicion of murder after what was described as an intense operation in the early hours of Wednesday. Irish Independen...