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  • Donald Trump at 80: Is the US president asleep at the wheel?
    Jun 16 2026

    Last weekend was a busy one for the US. On the sporting side alone, you had the kick-off of the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the decades-ending wait for a New York Knicks championship victory, and the small matter of MMA fighters bruising up the White House lawn.


    On the geopolitical front, there was the much-welcomed agreement of a peace deal between the US and Iran, three-and-a-half months after that conflict began.


    At the centre of it all, in one way or another, stood president Donald J Trump.


    Trump had his own personal milestone to celebrate on Sunday as he turned 80 years old.


    Performing any high-pressure job at the age of 80 is challenging enough, but Trump is the leader of the free world.


    Recent on-camera sightings might suggest that Trump is visibly withering, despite fiery pushback from his spokespeople and glowing medical reports from his medical team.


    We’re only midway through Trump 2.0, but is he still up to the job?


    And for those looking to travel to the US for short- or long-term stays, are Irish visitors still as welcome as Trump’s travel tsar so enthusiastically insists we are?


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    26 mins
  • Extra: Peace deal in Iran, but has the US lost the war?
    Jun 15 2026

    After months of conflict, threats of escalation and fears of a wider war, there is now a breakthrough in the Middle East. The US and Iran say they've agreed a peace deal, but what's actually on the table, what happens next - and will it bring some relief for Irish consumers hit by ever-rising prices?


    Today on this Indo Daily Extra, Kevin Doyle is joined by The Economist's Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom, to discuss who has won the war and can the peace last?


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    13 mins
  • 'If I had a gun, I'd shoot you in the face': The €400m O'Callaghan family bust-up
    Jun 15 2026

    In 2014, it looked like a picture-perfect dynasty.

    Hotelier and multimillionaire Noel O’Callaghan stood beside his sons, Paul and Charles, at Royal Ascot. They were dressed in top hats and morning suits, celebrating a major win for their filly Anthem Alexander.

    It was a moment that seemed to capture everything: wealth, success and a powerful family empire decades in the making.

    But 12 years later, that image has been replaced by High Court filings, allegations of betrayal and a bitter row over control of a family fortune.

    Noel O’Callaghan says he handed over an empire worth more than €400m to his sons out of love and trust. Now, he claims he has been frozen out of the business he created, claims strongly disputed by his sons.

    On today’s Indo Daily, Tessa Fleming is joined by Irish Independent legal affairs editor Shane Phelan to look at how a family succession plan became one of Ireland’s most bitter corporate feuds.

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    23 mins
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