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It’s a paradise that millionaires can only dream of. Canouan, a small island in the Caribbean, is where the world’s billionaires go to escape lowly millionaires, who seem to be ten a penny these days. Tucked away from prying eyes, the little-known sanctuary is famous for its emerald-green hills, azure waters and unspoilt beaches – as well as just about every expensive excess one could desire. But all has not been well in paradise. ...

Welcome to Indo Politics on The Indo Daily. It’s a weekly recap, and look forward, as polling day approaches in the race for the Áras.

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Conservative campaigner Maria Steen has said she was "humbled by the outpouring of support" for her campaign as she fell just two nominations short of making it onto the presidential ballot paper. With Steen and other would-be nominee Garreth Sheridan now out for the count, it’s off to the races w...

The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has been thrown out. The magistrate dismissed the case over a technical error. Ó hAnnaidh said the case “was always about Gaza”. The 27-year-old, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of proscribed terror organisation Hezbollah in November last year. Belfast Telegraph reporter Niamh Campbell was in court. This episode of T...

The King of the Lad Mags, Playboy Magazine. We all know it, and we all know who its target market was. But for such a massive brand, it's hard to believe that only three decades ago, it was on the list of banned publications.  Officially deemed too explicit for Catholic Ireland, for years it was outlawed.

But all that changed when the ban was lifted in 1995, with Hugh Heifner’s Playboy hitting Irish shops the following January...

A presidential hopeful, a political storm, and the question of who really speaks for Gaza...

Catherine Connolly’s claim that Hamas is part of the “fabric” of Palestinian society has Ireland’s left-wing parties scrambling. But it raises an interesting question, who decides the future of Gaza? Meanwhile at the UN, dozens of world leaders gathered yesterday to embrace a Palestinian state, a landmark diplomatic shift that faces fierce ...

Whispers, denials and dirty tricks - as the fight for the Irish presidency gets brutal, we bring you sharp, fearless analysis of the Áras race as the clock ticks down.

Host: Fionnán Sheahan                             Guests: Mary Regan and Kevin Doyle

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Michael Briggs was once celebrated as a brilliant scientist – but behind the acclaim lay deception. He had fabricated parts of his academic record and falsified some of his important research. Now, his daughter Joanne has confronted that legacy in her book The Scientist Who Wasn’t There. She joined Ciarán Dunbar to share her remarkable story and to grapple with the question: who was her father, really? Today’s Indo Daily comes from...

As expected, this week’s National Ploughing Championships provided a perfect pitch for hopefuls Connolly, Gavin and Humphreys to field questions and showcase potential presidential prowess. However, this year the event has been held on disputed land, as the family of late farmer Joe Grogan continue their legal battle with his widow over the future of the estate. 

Host: Kevin Doyle 

Guests: Catherine Fegan and Tabitha...

In January 2021, workers clearing the abandoned railroad between Midleton and Youghal made a startling discovery. Along the track lay the skeletal remains of a woman left undiscovered for many years. Many questioned whether they had anything to do with the ongoing Tina Satchwell investigation. Despite a five-year investigation and a comparison of the skeleton’s DNA against the national DNA database, detectives have not been able to...

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace brings his country closer to military conflict “than any time since World War II”.

But it’s not just Russian aggression causing major headaches for European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen - she's also facing backlash over her U-turn on Gaza, with many calling the latest sanctions on Israel too little, too late.  With tensions...

Thirty-one-year-old conservative activist and father-of-two Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a public event yesterday. With an intense manhunt underway, US president Donald Trump has blamed the “radical left” for the gruesome killing. How is an already splintered America responding to the murder of Charlie Kirk? And what happens next?    Host: Kevin Doyle Guests: Terry Sheridan and Gina London   

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‘We’re all still friends,” was the comment from the first Fianna Fáil TD who emerged from the fifth floor in Leinster House where the party’s representatives had met to vote for their candidate for the Áras. The numbers told a different story. There are 29 traitors in the Taoiseach’s midst, who voted for Billy Kelleher in secret and in doing so, threw his leadership of the party into question. Does Micheál Martin’s future hang on t...