The Indo Daily Podcast
1) Budget 2026: What your payslip will look like in January
It’s that time of year again – the Budget has landed. What does it mean for you and your bank balance? With last year’s ‘giveaway’ Budget firmly consigned to the history books, it’s time to tighten ou...Show More
2) Inside the exit of Jim Gavin’s failed presidential bid
“Fianna Fáil in turmoil” – what exactly happened over the last 48 hours that saw Jim Gavin quit the Irish presidential race? And more importantly, who is to blame for this within Fianna Fáil? Host: Ta...Show More
3) Revisited: Patty Hearst - The heiress on the run
In mid-1970s America, the world was watching in as the bizarre story of the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst became a viral – and violent – real-time news spectacle. How and why did Hearst wind up o...Show More
4) Taco Bell queues, restaurant blues: Are US giants hurting Ireland's food sector?
Burgers, burritos and doughnuts - these are hardly exotic menu items for the average Irish family nowadays. But anyone who witnessed the hours-long queues for Ireland’s first Taco Bell would be forgiv...Show More
5) Indo Politics: Gavin’s gaffes, Connolly’s convict, Humphreys’ hiccups - and a budget breakdown
Welcome to your weekly dish of Indo Politics on The Indo Daily. Jim Gavin’s campaign has been stung by drone and army photo gaffes, Catherine Connolly has been criticised over the hiring of a former É...Show More
6) ‘This was a huge shock, there had been no conviction’ Why Elizabeth Plunkett’s sisters and niece are fighting for justice 49 years on
At the age of 23, Elizabeth Plunkett was raped and murdered by John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans at Brittas Bay. Today, Emma Nolan, Elizabeth Plunkett's niece describes the traumatic effect of the killing ...Show More
7) 50 years on: The ‘passion’ kidnapping of Tiede Herrema and the IRA's Bonnie and Clyde
50 years ago, a pair of desperate Provisional IRA members etched their names in history as a crime driven by personal passion went astray. Their victim however would be a much shrewder hostage than th...Show More
8) From One Delaney to Another: The FAI’s Struggle for Stability
The 1990s were undoubtedly a heyday for Irish football, but for many fans those memories are a stark contrast to the playing field today. In the intervening decades the FAI has lurched from controvers...Show More
9) How a knock at the door changed everything for Daniel Aruebose’s family
Daniel Aruebose lived and died without his grandparents knowing he ever existed. Today we learn how one knock at the door changed the lives of his family forever. Host: Fionnán Sheahan &nb...Show More
10) The life and crimes of Graham ‘The Wig’ Whelan
Graham Whelan is a character full of contradictions. A self-professed family man whose children’s home was recently raided by gardaí. The career criminal with over 30 convictions is probably better kn...Show More