It’s easy to spend hours mindlessly scrolling through social media, but have we had enough of the carefully curated photos, endless arguments and targeted advertising? The latest studies suggest as much. So how did social media go from everyday essential to existential exodus? Host: Tabitha Monahan Guests: John Meagher and Chloe McPolin

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After a bruising presidential campaign, Micheál Martin is facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his political life, after 14 years at the top is he finally running out of road? And how will we remember the 2025 Aras race? Host: Fionnán Sheehan Guest: John Downing

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MTV burst onto our screens in the 1980s as a vivid blast of loud, animated excess – all music, all the time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Fast forward to 2025 and it is a shadow of its former self, with more channels under the MTV umbrella set to shut down at the end of the year. Is MTV dead? And just how much of a mark on pop culture did it make in its heyday? Host: Tessa Fleming, Guest: Dave Hanratty

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The conversation around a united Ireland is an increasingly noisy one, with passionate arguments found on both sides of the debate. Now, two journalists – Sam McBride of the Belfast Telegraph and Fintan O’Toole of the Irish Times – have come together for a new book entitled For and Against a United Ireland. On this episode of The Indo Daily brought to you by our sister podcast The BelTel, both men engage in a lengthy discussion on the pros and cons of unification. Host: Ciarán Dunbar, Guests: Sam McBride and Fintan O’Toole 

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It’s official - Catherine Connolly is Ireland’s next President.  The signs were there for weeks, but nobody thought the Fine Gael collapse would be this brutal. Is it a protest vote? A power shift? Or the first cracks in Ireland’s old political order?

Host: Fionnan Sheahan, Guests: Tabitha Monahan and Cónal Thomas

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Is Catherine Connolly going to score a landslide victory? As ballot boxes open across the country, all eyes turn to Dublin Castle to see who will become Ireland’s next  president. We break down the early tallies, the spoiled votes and the political fallout behind the race for the Áras. Host: Kevin Doyle           Guests: Mary Regan, Maeve Sheehan, Ralph Riegel and Conor Feehan

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It is 40 years since one parish priest in the west of Ireland saw his dreams come true. It wasn’t a visit of the Pope, which had already happened years before, but the construction of an airport - Knock Airport. So, how did it all take flight? Host: Kevin Doyle Guest: Terry Reilly

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It’s the presidential election that feels more like a coronation. Catherine Connolly looks set to sweep to victory, but how did a campaign with so many debates end up feeling so flat? Tabitha Monahan and Mary Regan look back a contest defined by deflection, missteps, and one 'attack ad' that might’ve backfired.

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The release of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl has reignited scrutiny of Prince Andrew’s alleged role in her abuse. Despite his repeated denials, new details and police inquiries continue to deepen the scandal, now pulling his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, into the spotlight over her own financial ties to Epstein. Host: Kevin Doyle Guests: Jennie Bond & Sinéad Ryan

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When violence erupted at the Citywest Hotel that is being used to house asylum-seekers on Tuesday night, gardaí were met with fireworks, flames and fury. It was an alarming assault on both officers and Ireland's asylum infrastructure. But what turned a planned peaceful protest into an all-out attack? And what does the incident tell us about Ireland’s deepening tensions over immigration and law enforcement?

Host: Kevin Doyle                                         Guest: Darragh Nolan

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