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Five teenagers dead, three sisters and a seven-year-old boy seriously injured, and a wave of public outrage in the wake of the horrific wrong-way crash on the M9 motorway last weekend. In the days since, the tragedy has sparked a huge amount of anger and debate around youth crime, garda powers, social media and even the role of parents. Has this incident exposed a much bigger problem in Irish…
The five teenage boys killed in a horror crash when their car was driven the wrong way on the M9 motorway were all aged between 15 and 18 years of age.Post-mortem examinations will now be carried out on the bodies of Joey Carthy (15) and Jack Kennedy (17) from Athy, Co Kildare; Alex McCarthy (17) and his cousin Jeremy O’Brien (18) from Carlow; and Kamil Pustkowski (17) from Limerick.The teenagers,…
Daniel Kinahan sounded bemused when he described the frenzy around his life as “movie stuff”, but the scenes that accompanied his trip back to Ireland were undeniably cinematic. A trip on a €53m government jet that was tracked by the public in real-time, a ring of steel around parts of Dublin as he was escorted in a bomb-proof convoy, and a long-awaited appointment at the Criminal Courts of…
Daniel Kinahan is languishing behind bars in Dubai as he awaits extradition to Ireland, but the exiled cartel boss is speaking out – as a podcast guest. Having famously teased a previous audio sit-down with Kinahan that never made it to air, broadcaster James English insists he finally has a world exclusive, and a box-office one at that. English has released snippets of the apparently forthcoming…
Michael Fingleton was one of the most controversial figures of the Celtic Tiger. As the longtime boss of Irish Nationwide, he oversaw reckless lending that ultimately left taxpayers with a €5.4 billion bill. But was he simply the face of a wider banking culture, or the true “baddie of the bailout”? Deputy Business Editor John Burns joins Dave Hanratty to examine the man behind one of Ireland’s…
The seizure last week of a bomb containing almost 400g of Semtex plastic explosive has put the New IRA back on to the front pages after a lull in violence.Two people connected to the political group Saoradh have been charged in relation to the incident.The sophisticated device has fuel fears that the group has gained access to fresh stocks of military-grade explosives.The New IRA has been long…
Just a heads-up – this episode contains references to alleged sexual assault and may not be suitable for everyone, so please take care when listening.Jared Leto is an Oscar winner, a rock star, a cult leader and now the focus of serious questions.The 54-year-old has been seen onscreen in the likes of Fight Club, American Psycho, and Blade Runner 2049, while also finding the time to tour the world…
Artificial intelligence is fuelling a stock market boom unlike anything seen before, with tech giants spending trillions in a race to dominate AI. But what if the hype doesn’t live up to the promise? Kevin Doyle is joined by Irish Independent columnist Richard Curran to ask whether we’re watching the next financial bubble inflate, and what an AI crash could mean for Ireland’s jobs, economy and…
Jim O’Callaghan is a politician with leadership ambitions and a reform agenda. But in his bid to overhaul Ireland’s legal system, he has picked a high-stakes fight with a formidable adversary: the lawyers of Ireland.It has been a month since solicitors withdrew their services in a deepening row over criminal legal aid fees, and tensions look to be escalating.At the heart of the controversy is a…
Word on the street is that Daniel Kinahan is suddenly being prepped for extradition from Dubai.The 49-year-old could be back in Ireland in a number of weeks, likely prompting one of the biggest security operations in the recent history of the State.So, what awaits Kinahan when he finally arrives home?On this Extra episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Eimear Rabbitt, news…
