The Republic of Ireland football team have surpassed all expectations and made it to the World Cup play-offs, but what are our chances of beating Czechia and getting to the World Cup finals? And how can you get a ticket to next March’s game? We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Will Slattery

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The vote has taken place and the Epstein files will now be made public. After months of delay, political pressure and partisan division, Congress has backed the release of thousands of pages of material gathered during federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. What exactly will be unsealed in the coming weeks? How extensive is the material gathered by federal investigators and crucially, could the publication of these files create political difficulties for Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

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Host: Fionnán Sheehan Guest: Terry Sheridan and Gina London

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This episode of The Indo Daily contains references to sexual assault, so please take care while listening.

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Paschal Donohoe is gone and Fine Gael now faces its most precarious reshuffle in years. With a by-election looming and Sinn Féin circling, we ask: who takes control and who loses everything? We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Kevin Doyle

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How did one of Ireland’s most recognisable Olympians end up feeling shut out of the system he helped elevate?  
In part two of Troubled Waters - an Indo Daily special, we follow Gary O’Donovan’s effort to return to the High Performance programme, and the confusion, clashes and emotional strain that marked his final years in Irish rowing.

Sunday Independent Journalist Paul Kimmage unpacks the emails,  communications and competing accounts that raise difficult questions about how elite athletes are supported.

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In part one of our special investigation, we examine the concerns raised about the culture inside Irish rowing’s High Performance Unit. Sunday Independent Journalist Paul Kimmage explains how early warnings and internal tensions first came to light. Irish rowing has delivered some of the country’s greatest sporting moments. But behind the medals and headlines, troubling questions have emerged about the environment within the High Performance Unit. Host; Kevin Doyle, Guest; Paul Kimmage

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Welcome to your weekly dish of Indo Politics from The Indo Daily. On this episode, a government housing policy with no annual targets, Fianna Fáil’s presidential “perma-crisis”, the Taoiseach’s rebels and their “clusterbleep”, what to expect from President Catherine Connolly and finally, CMAT.

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Host: Tabitha Monahan                              Guest: Cónal Thomas

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One billion dollars. It’s not a line from Dr Evil in an Austin Powers movie, but the jaw-dropping sum US president Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for in an unprecedented lawsuit. In a week from hell for the BBC, director general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned, leaving the corporation reeling and rudderless. How exactly did it get to this? And could RTÉ boss Kevin Bakhurst be parachuted in to take control? We want to earn your trust and are members of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism

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Jonathan Walton describes himself as a ‘con-hunter’ but that’s not what he set out to be. The tv producer turned vigilante after he was scammed by con artist Marianne Smyth, the so-called ‘Queen of Con’.  But Walton was not her first victim. His lengthy investigations revealed she had scammed scores of people since childhood.  

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A chilling Irish true-crime story that spans 10 years of deception, violence and pursuit. How did two men vanish and how was Ruth Lawrence finally brought to justice?

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Host: Tessa Fleming                     Guests: Eamon Dillon and Jamie Pyatt

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From the IRA member he unknowingly trained, to the gangland figure he later exposed as a prolific sexual predator, Paul Williams has spent decades events that make headlines, and others that never see the light of day. On todays Indo Daily, the veteran crime correspondent brings us inside two of the most captivating and lesser known stories of his career, as told in his new book Crooks 2. The following podcast contains discussion on child sexual assault, so please take care while listening. If you have been effected by anything in today's podcast, you can find a list of resources by searching independent.ie/helplines

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