The Indo Daily

There is a stalemate in Portadown and deep division in Stormont. On the Orange side, the issue is the rights of a small number of people to march their traditional route – backed by a legal ruling. On the Garvaghy Road, a community feels that march is sectarian harassment - and a relic of another age.

This extra episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our colleagues at The BelTel as Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sam McBride and Allison Morris and hears from Claire Dickson in Portadown, and from Andrew Madden in Stormont.


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Twenty-five years ago, Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan was shot dead as he walked home with his wife in Lurgan, Co Armagh.
A fearless investigative reporter who exposed the criminal underworld behind Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries, O’Hagan had made dangerous enemies on both sides, but no one has ever been convicted of his murder.
Joining Fionnán Sheehan on the Indo Daily is Sunday World Northern editor Richard Sullivan and Irish Independent special correspondent Paul Williams, as they remember their friend and colleague and examine why, 25 years on, his killing remains unsolved.
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Todays episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast, The BelTel. Johnny Adair, commonly referred to as ‘Mad dog Adair’, was one the most well-known terror bosses of the Troubles. He said his war was aimed at the IRA, but innocent Catholics were more often than not his real victims. His C Company of the west Belfast UDA also turned their guns on their fellow loyalists. Who is Mad dog Adair, what does he believe, and how does he view his murderous reign? Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Aaron Edwards, a Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and author of ‘Enemies within: The explosive true story of Johnny ‘Mad dog’ Adair’.
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It's been seven turbulent months since it was confirmed that the Republic of Ireland would face Israel in the Uefa Nations League.
What began as a football fixture has since become one of the most divisive and politically charged moments in Irish sporting history.
Since the draw was announced in February, protests, campaigns and fierce public debate have intensified, with pressure mounting on all sides.
Just days ago, Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson sparked anger in Israel after saying his team would not be playing "with genocide, but against genocide" when the sides meet in Hungary on Sunday.
The controversy has also reached the players themselves as protesters gathered outside the squad's training base in Castleknock this week, urging the team not to fulfil the fixture.
Despite the growing scrutiny, the match is set to go ahead, albeit with a significantly scaled-back television broadcast.
So, have the Ireland players been placed in an impossible position?
And what can supporters expect when the teams finally take to the pitch?
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Cash, water, food, batteries and a wind-up radio - would you know what to do if a major emergency hit Ireland?
The Government is sending its Be Emergency Ready booklet to two-million households as Russia intensifies its hybrid war against Europe. Are countries across the continent preparing their citizens for the worst?
Today on the Indo Daily Kevin Doyle is joined by Donnacha Ó Beacháin, professor of politics at the School of Law and Government at DCU, and Conal Thomas, political correspondent with the Irish Independent, to ask whether Ireland is prepared for what could come next, while Donald Trump brings his own brand of unpredictability to the United Nations.


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