The Indo Daily

Who really owns the Lord of the Dance live spectacular? That’s the crux of the ongoing and quite spiky legal battle between Michael Flatley and the Northern Irish company contracted to run the show. Now, a pair of helpful billionaires have come to Flatley’s financial rescue. Who are these generous benefactors, and why are they stepping up?


Host: Fionnán Sheahan
Guests: Shane Phelan and Donal O’Donovan
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Dodgy-box end users face legal action from Sky for the first time, the broadcaster has told the High Court. Sky has obtained the names, addresses and bank details of 304 dodgy-box subscribers from a court case against a distributor of the services. It says that it intends to use the information “to take legal actions against the resellers and some of the end users”. Legal proceedings have already started against two of the 12 resellers, Sky says. This Sunday’s episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast The Big Tech show, as JJ Clarke, joins Adrian to discuss the story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US president Donald Trump’s America First agenda was the cornerstone of his election victory. But has all that pre‑election rhetoric now come back to haunt him? As the US deploys thousands of troops to the Middle East, the conflict is looking less like a brief flare‑up and more like the start of a long, grinding war. Despite Mr Trump's insistence that Washington is in talks with senior Iranian figures to strike a deal, Tehran denies any negotiations are taking place. So, who exactly is talking to whom? And as suspicion swirls about insider trading in the oil markets, who is cashing in on the chaos in the Strait of Hormuz?

Host: Tessa Fleming; Guests: David Smith, Scott Lucas
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30 years on from the violent killing of publican Tom Nevin, part two of this Indo Daily special looks at how Nevin's wife, Catherine Nevin, emerged as the prime suspect; the murder trial and media blitz that followed; and why Ireland’s ‘Black Widow’ still fascinates us to this day.


Host: Fionnán Sheahan
Guest: Mary Wilson
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Thirty years ago, publican Tom Nevin was shot dead as he counted the takings following a busy day at Jack White’s Inn. Initially, the incident appeared to be a robbery gone wrong, but grieving wife Catherine Nevin would eventually emerge as the prime suspect and later come to be known as ‘The Black Widow’. On the first of a two-part Indo Daily special, we look back at how one of Ireland’s most famous criminals came into the spotlight.
Host: Fionnán Sheahan
Guest: Mary Wilson
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