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Irish Independent
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: DJ Carey's Texas trips, Cancer Care and the Croke Park Conundrum
DJ Carey was hailed as the 'GAA's first superstar', a nine‑time All‑Star and twice Hurler of the Year. But behind the accolades, a deception played out across continents. Going from fame to infamy, the sporting hero has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of deception after an alleged cancer diagnosis helped him extract over €400,000 by duping generous friends and even tapping into wealthy circles in Texas during trips to Dallas – all the time he was chasing aid he didn't need. Now the GAA finds itself at a crossroads as it prepares to honour him at this weekend's All Ireland Final. Today on the Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Amy Molloy, Social Affairs Correspondent with the Irish Independent, and Colm Keys, Irish Independent GAA correspondent journalist, to look at the depths of DJ's deception and ask if the GAA - an institution built on community and trust – can afford to look the other way.
Irish Independent
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Self Aid: How Ireland tried to sing its way out of unemployment
Forty years later, Live Aid is remembered as a cultural and humanitarian high point – a moment when music tried to change the world. But in Ireland, it sparked a very different idea. Less than a year after Live Aid, Dublin hosted Self Aid. This wasn't about famine relief in Africa. It was about Ireland's own wounds: rampant unemployment, economic stagnation and a generation losing faith. The goal was to rally support, raise funds and – perhaps more importantly – raise morale. It featured the biggest names in Irish music: U2, The Boomtown Rats, Van Morrison and Thin Lizzy. It was the first and only concert of its kind in Ireland But did it work? Today on the Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Tony Boland, former music director at RTÉ, and by Tony O'Brien, former Irish Independent journalist and now media consultant, to go back to the day Ireland staged its own Live Aid – and ask why, nearly 40 years on, Self Aid still raises eyebrows.
Irish Independent
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Indo Daily: Self Aid: How Ireland tried to sing its way out of unemployment
Forty years later, Live Aid is remembered as a cultural and humanitarian high point – a moment when music tried to change the world. But in Ireland, it sparked a very different idea. Less than a year after Live Aid, Dublin hosted Self Aid. This wasn't about famine relief in Africa. It was about Ireland's own wounds: rampant unemployment, economic stagnation and a generation losing faith. The goal was to rally support, raise funds and – perhaps more importantly – raise morale. It featured the biggest names in Irish music: U2, The Boomtown Rats, Van Morrison and Thin Lizzy. It was the first and only concert of its kind in Ireland But did it work? Today on the Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Tony Boland, former music director at RTÉ, and by Tony O'Brien, former Irish Independent journalist and now media consultant, to go back to the day Ireland staged its own Live Aid – and ask why, nearly 40 years on, Self Aid still raises eyebrows.
Irish Independent
30-06-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Investigation – sick certs over WhatsApp that are 'open to exploitation'
A quick visit to your GP should do the trick, leaving you with the vital document to present to your boss. Job done, back to bed, get well soon. However, recent years have seen a new method emerge, with numerous online outlets providing a digital version of the all-important medical certificate - without the need for rudimentary practices like an in-person consultation. The Department of Social Protection doesn't approve of such methods, but your employer has little choice but to go along with it. A new investigation by the Irish Independent explores the process of applying for a digital sick cert, the pros and cons of taking this approach and the potential risks and exploitation in play. On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Irish Independent multimedia reporters Darragh Nolan and Maeve McTaggart, and by social affairs correspondent with the Irish Independent Amy Molloy, to break down their examination of an increasingly popular digital system.
Irish Independent
23-06-2025
- General
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Forty years on, how the 1985 Air India disaster shook the Irish navy recovery team to their core
It was a popular route, with 307 passengers and 22 crew on board. As the plane passed the south-west coast of Ireland, air-traffic controllers at Shannon Airport were in normal contact with the captain, but suddenly flight 182 vanished. The jumbo jet had crashed killing all on board. 132 bodies were eventually recovered. The Irish Navy were first to respond to the disaster with the vessel the LÉ Aisling, which was in the area on patrol. 'I put binoculars to my head and all I could see was the smoke. As we got closer, the first thing we saw then was the wheels of the aircraft, and then the bodies started coming up,' one of the Navy team said. Who carried out this terror attack? What did they want to achieve? And for the members of the Irish Navy who retrieved 132 bodies from the sea, how did that day change their lives? Today, on the Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Terry Milewski, former news correspondent with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and by the Irish Independent's Saoirse Hanley, whose father was a member of the Navy crew who helped retrieve bodies after one of the world's deadliest terror attacks in history. Forty years on, are we closer to understanding what happened on that fateful day in 1985? The Indo Daily: Forty years on, how the 1985 Air India disaster shook the Irish navy recovery team to their core Podcasts" />
