Episodes

  • Mary Lou McDonald, Ireland’s next president?

    Mary Lou McDonald, Ireland’s next president?
    Jul 17 2025
    This may be the most open Irish presidential election we’ve ever seen, with every man and his dog seeming to have been linked to the Áras at some point. Former Taoisigh, human rights advocates and cage fighters alike have thrown their names into the mix. Sinn Fein president has seemingly U turned on a previous decision to rule herself out, and if she did decide to run, could very well become this countries 10th president. Host: Kevin Doyle, Guests; Fionnán Sheahan and Mary Regan

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    26 mins
  • DJ Carey’s Texas trips, Cancer Care and the Croke Park Conundrum

    DJ Carey’s Texas trips, Cancer Care and the Croke Park Conundrum
    Jul 16 2025
    DJ Carey, once hailed as hurling royalty, now stands at the centre of a deception scandal that shook Ireland and reached as far as Texas. As the GAA prepares to honour him, we ask: Can an institution built on trust afford to look away? Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guests: Amy Molloy and Colm Keys

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    26 mins
  • What next for Dylan McGrath as Fade Street empire on the brink

    What next for Dylan McGrath as Fade Street empire on the brink
    Jul 15 2025
    Once hailed as the enfant terrible of Irish cuisine, Dylan McGrath had a Michelin star by the age 29, became household TV presenter by 33, but after a fiery few years, his most prominent restaurant Fade Street Social is on life-support, owing €1.7m to Revenue. So how did the high-flying chef of the Celtic Tiger era end up here, and was the temper part of the act, or just part of the pressure cooker? Host; Fionnán Sheahan, Guests; John Mulligan and Melanie Finn

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    24 mins
  • Self Aid: Rewind to the moment where Ireland tried to sing it’s was out of recession

    Self Aid: Rewind to the moment where Ireland tried to sing it’s was out of recession
    Jul 14 2025

    In 1986, Ireland staged its own answer to Live Aid – but this time, the crisis was at home. With U2, Van Morrison and Thin Lizzy on stage, Self Aid aimed to tackle mass unemployment with music, but did it inspire change or just create headlines and high notes?

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    Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guests: Tony O’Brien and Tony Boland

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    25 mins
  • Colm O’Regan: “I did a gig where I got a jumper as payment”

    Colm O’Regan: “I did a gig where I got a jumper as payment”
    Jul 13 2025
    This Sunday’s Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast Money Talks, a podcast from the Irish Independent hosted by Katie Byrne, focused on our relationship with money - from the first time we discovered it right up to how we spend it today. This week celebrated writer, broadcaster and stand-up comedian Colm O’Regan goes under the monetary microscope as he discusses the strangest job he’s ever had, some of the unique payments he’s received in comedy over the years, and what it’s really like out there for a best-selling author. Host: Katie Byrne. Guest: Colm O’Regan The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation of any investment product.

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    52 mins
  • Peter McGann: “Irish comedy has come a long way since bad jokes about the drunk Irishman.”

    Peter McGann: “Irish comedy has come a long way since bad jokes about the drunk Irishman.”
    Jul 12 2025
    Today’s Indo Daily comes from one of our sister podcasts, Under The Grill. The actor and viral comedian Peter McGann joins Kevin Dundon and Caoimhe Young in the Under the Grill kitchen to chat about his favourite dish of all time, pre-show nerves and his part in Sky Atlantic’s Small Town, Big Story, which was written and directed by Chris O’Dowd. Wicklow-born Peter says: “Those jokes like ‘I came home, I was so drunk, I put the rashers in the toaster’, that slap stuff is mostly gone from the comedy stage.” The dad-of-one adds: “My dish of choice is a seafood chowder in a sourdough bowl because it brings me back it to the best summer of my life. It’s just delicious. I love seafood of any kind. “I was in college in Galway one summer and I was chasing a girl, who is now my wife, and there used to be a stall in Galway selling seafood chowder in a bread bowl. It brings back such good memories.”

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    35 mins
  • Bringing back the bedsit? Housing Minister James Browne’s ‘radical’ new apartment plan

    Bringing back the bedsit? Housing Minister James Browne’s ‘radical’ new apartment plan
    Jul 11 2025
    Housing — it's the defining issue of a generation. Now, the Housing Minister has unveiled what’s being billed as a radical plan to ‘revolutionise’ the housing sector. Critics have already taken aim at key aspects of the plan such as smaller apartments and fewer windows, but is this exactly the kind of radical shift needed to finally boost supply? Host; Tessa Fleming, Guests; Mary Regan, Caroline O’Doherty, Orla Hegarty

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    24 mins
  • 40 years of low fares and high drama: How Ryanair changed Europe one controversy at a time

    40 years of low fares and high drama: How Ryanair changed Europe one controversy at a time
    Jul 10 2025

    40 years ago this week, at 8.30am on July 8, 1985, a 15-seater aircraft with a full complement of passengers took off from Waterford airport to London Gatwick on the inaugural flight of a new Irish airline called Ryanair. Air travel, and in some ways Ireland itself, would never be the same again.


    Fast forward four decades and you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t travelled with Ryanair and, let's be honest, complained about them. But, despite the extra charges, minimal leg room and marketing stunts, we just keep coming back for more.


    Host: Kevin Doyle Guest: John Mulligan

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    26 mins