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Irish Independent
13 hours ago
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Carlow gun attack- How a wave of disinformation spread like wildfire
Mass panic ensued as shoppers fled for their lives. In the chaos, a nine-year-old girl sustained minor injuries after falling while trying to escape. The shooter, later identified as 22-year-old Evan Fitzgerald, took his own life. While gardaí and journalists worked to establish the facts, social media was already ablaze with rumour, speculation and innuendo. The shooting offered an opportunity to spread disinformation, as false claims about the suspect's ethnicity and the number and nature of casualties spread like wildfire. Later, gardaí took the near-unprecedented approach of informing the public that the suspect was a 'white Irish adult'. Why did the authorities take this step? And who gains from causing online confusion? On this episode on The Indo Daily, host Kevin Doyle is joined by Maeve McTaggart, multimedia reporter with the Irish Independent, and by Conor Feehan, senior journalist with the Irish Independent, to look at the challenges in reporting breaking news when dangerous mistruths have already grown legs. Note: This episode contains references to suicide and may not be suitable for all listeners. Helplines: If you have been affected by the contents of this article, click here for more information.
Belfast Telegraph
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Belfast Telegraph
White smoke and dark secrets: How Catholic cardinals choose a new pope
Deep inside the Sistine Chapel cardinals are casting secret ballots, in a process shrouded in secrecy and tradition. But in the Vatican of 2025, even ancient rites come wrapped in modern convention and controversy. So how is a modern pope elected? Why are phones confiscated? Who really pulls the strings? And who is the cardinal who has been banned from Conclave? Kevin Doyle is joined by journalist Sarah MacDonald and Michael Kelly (Director of Public Affairs for Aid to the Church in Need) to look at an election where faith and political intrigue collide.
Irish Independent
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Conclave - White smoke and dark secrets
Today at 01:14 In centuries past, conclave meant cardinals that were literally locked away until a new pope had been elected. Today, it's the world that's locked out - awaiting the unmistakable white smoke. Deep inside the Sistine Chapel cardinals are casting secret ballots, in a process shrouded in secrecy and tradition. But in the Vatican of 2025, even ancient rites come wrapped in modern convention and controversy. So how is a modern pope elected? Why are phones confiscated? Who really pulls the strings? And who is the cardinal who has been banned from Conclave? In today's Indo Daily, Kevin Doyle is joined by journalist Sarah MacDonald and Michael Kelly (Director of Public Affairs for Aid to the Church in Need) to look at an election where faith and political intrigue collide.
Irish Independent
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Kneecap controversy: Moral panic or violent incitement? And who gets to decide?
What started as post-Coachella backlash has snowballed into one of the most explosive rows in the music industry in years. The Belfast rap group have claimed that snippets of their gigs have been taken out of context in a 'smear campaign' that has followed on from their pro-Palestinian messages during their recent Coachella performance in the US. They ended their set at the recent festival with pro-Palestinian messages, sparking calls for their US visas to be revoked. Police in the UK are now investigating the group after a clip from a November 2023 gig appeared to show one member saying 'The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP'. Another video emerged from a gig last November that appeared to show a band member saying 'Up Hamas, up Hezbollah'. There have also been calls for the band to be dropped from Glastonbury. Kneecap released a lengthy statement this week in which they said they didn't support Hamas and Hezbollah, and they also apologised to the families of two British MPs who were killed. So, is all of this defiant political art or is it dangerous incitement disguised as satire? Where do we draw the line between protest and provocation — and who gets to decide? Today on The Indo Daily, Kevin Doyle is joined by Irish Independent journalist Dave Hanratty, and the Belfast Telegraph's Kurtis Reid, to ask whether Kneecap's actions amount to self-sabotage or made them martyrs for their loyal fans.
Belfast Telegraph
25-04-2025
- Belfast Telegraph
Sallins Train Robbery: Osgur Breathnach, a false confession, the Garda 'Heavy Gang', and convicted by a sleeping judge (Part 2)
He was arrested that morning in 1976, as one of six accused of carrying out the robbery. One week before Christmas of the same year, he and his co-accused were brought into the Special Criminal Court and charged with the crime. It would become one of the most dramatic and longest-running criminal trials in the history of the State. During the trial it was alleged that one of the non-jury Special Criminal Court judges was falling asleep and not hearing evidence, but when this was raised by the defence team, it was ignored. Then the same judge died and it transpired he had been in ill health and on medication. The trial was abandoned and a new trial a few months later focused on the 'confessions' of the men. Osgur would later be convicted of the crime and sentenced to 12 years in Portlaoise prison. The IRA would eventually take responsibility for the infamous heist, leading to a presidential pardon and two convictions being overturned. In the final episode of this two-part Indo Daily documentary special, Kevin Doyle revisits the Sallins Train Robbery, speaking to Osgur Breathnach about the trial of the 'sleeping Judge', living with PTSD, and why he feels a public inquiry is justified for he and his co-accused.
