Latest news with #TheIndoDaily
Irish Independent
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: The trouble with EuroMillions – Dolores McNamara's €115m win, 20 years on
Dolores McNamara was enjoying a night out with her friends when the EuroMillions draw flashed up on the TV screen. The multi-million lottery bonanza was relatively new in Ireland in the summer of 2005, and the last thing Ms McNamara expected was for her impulse buy of a €2 ticket to pay off. Once the draw was announced, things would never be the same for Dolores McNamara, now a jaw-dropping €115 million better off. The beaming winner presented herself to the public upon picking up the novelty-sized cheque, though an avalanche of attention and subsequent distressing incidents perhaps contributed to her retreat from the spotlight. 20 years on, what became of Dolores McNamara and her many millions? On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Tabitha Monahan is joined by Irish Independent southern correspondent Ralph Riegel to look back on one of the most lucrative stories in modern Irish history.
Irish Independent
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Porn and violence in the 'digital age crackdown': Are children safe online?
However, despite a nine-month lead-in for the likes of Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and X, it seems there are still major issues to be ironed out. As it turns out, children are still able to access adult-themed content, including hardcore pornography. Irish Independent Technology Editor Adrian Weckler created child user accounts to test out any age-related barriers that may be in place on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and X. 'I used a new computer, a new browser, nothing that had any fingerprints of me or my previous browsing history,' he said. 'None of them asked me to do anything but self-declare my age. And most of them allowed me to watch full adult content, full intimate sexual content, torture videos, extreme violence, and lots of other things.' In the UK, it's a similar story, as enhanced age verification checks for adult-related online material come into effect today, amid a storm of privacy concerns. 'It's faced a huge amount of criticism, especially within the Conservative Party,' says Sophie Peachey, Assistant News Editor with The News Movement. 'A lot of people are worrying that it's overreaching, and that it limits free speech and it's intrusive, especially when you feel like you're in sort of a surveillance state being watched online.' On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Kevin Doyle is joined by Adrian Weckler and Sophie Peachey, to try to answer what might seem like a simple question, though one that has become increasingly complicated – is it even possible to keep children safe on the internet?
Irish Independent
5 days ago
- Business
- Irish Independent
Battle for Barne: Ep2 – Secret phones, wiped laptops and ‘dirty' money
John Magnier – one of Ireland's wealthiest men and a notoriously private individual – has taken the stand in a high-stakes legal row over an estate that makes Downton Abbey look modest. Mr Magnier, the bloodstock billionaire, and two of his children are seeking to enforce a handshake deal agreed between Mr Magnier and Richard Thomson-Moore to buy Barne Estate, a 751-acre property in Tipperary that has been in the Thomson-Moore family for nearly 400 years. Mr Magnier contends that the €15m deal agreed in his Coolmore home in Tipperary on August 22, 2023 with Mr Thomson-Moore is binding. He argues that a later €22.5m deal Mr Thomson-Moore and his family trust agreed with Maurice Regan, the US-based Kerry building tycoon, is 'unlawful'. Land, riches and reputations are all on the line, with recent evidence hearing details of secret phones, wiped computers, hidden assets and 'dirty' money. Today on The Indo Daily, in the second of a two-part special, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Mark Tighe, journalist with the Sunday Independent, to hear the blockbuster revelations in the case over the future of Barne estate.
Irish Independent
6 days ago
- Business
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily: Ep2: Secret phones, wiped laptops and ‘dirty' money
John Magnier – one of Ireland's wealthiest men and a notoriously private individual – has taken the stand in a high-stakes legal row over an estate that makes Downton Abbey look modest. Mr Magnier, the bloodstock billionaire, and two of his children are seeking to enforce a handshake deal agreed between Mr Magnier and Richard Thomson-Moore to buy Barne Estate, a 751-acre property in Tipperary that has been in the Thomson-Moore family for nearly 400 years. Mr Magnier contends that the €15m deal agreed in his Coolmore home in Tipperary on August 22, 2023 with Mr Thomson-Moore is binding. He argues that a later €22.5m deal Mr Thomson-Moore and his family trust agreed with Maurice Regan, the US-based Kerry building tycoon, is 'unlawful'. Land, riches and reputations are all on the line, with recent evidence hearing details of secret phones, wiped computers, hidden assets and 'dirty' money. Today on The Indo Daily, in the second of a two-part special, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Mark Tighe, journalist with the Sunday Independent, to hear the blockbuster revelations in the case over the future of Barne estate.
Irish Independent
7 days ago
- Business
- Irish Independent
Ep 1- John Magnier's bitter land row and the €15m handshake deal
Today, the future of the 750-acre property is the subject of a trial that has seen a bitter land dispute play out before the High Court. John Magnier, the bloodstock billionaire, and two of his children, are seeking to enforce a handshake deal agreed between Mr Magnier and Richard Thomson-Moore to buy Barne Estate. Mr Magnier contends that the €15m deal agreed in his Coolmore home in Tipperary on August 22, 2023 with Mr Thomson-Moore is binding. He argues that a later €22.5m deal Mr Thomson-Moore and his family trust agreed with Maurice Regan, the US-based Kerry building tycoon, is 'unlawful'. Today on The Indo Daily, in the first of a two-part special, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Mark Tighe, journalist with the Sunday Independent, to discuss one of the most dramatic and colourful cases to hit the Irish courts in recent memory.
