The Indo Daily

Just a heads-up – this episode contains references to alleged sexual assault and may not be suitable for everyone, so please take care when listening.
Jared Leto is an Oscar winner, a rock star, a cult leader and now the focus of serious questions.
The 54-year-old has been seen onscreen in the likes of Fight Club, American Psycho, and Blade Runner 2049, while also finding the time to tour the world with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
But a BBC investigation has revealed an array of allegations against the actor, with a new documentary presenting the accounts of 10 different accusers.
The allegations against Leto span more than a decade and include claims of sexual assault, grooming and inappropriate behaviour with underage girls.
Leto has categorically denied the claims.
Is his gilded career in jeopardy or is the Hollywood of 2026 more comfortable overlooking such a scandal?
On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Kevin Doyle is joined by Alice McShane, director of BBC documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret, to hear how the investigation came together, and by the Irish Independent's Dave Hanratty to look at Jared Leto's career to date.
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Artificial intelligence is fuelling a stock market boom unlike anything seen before, with tech giants spending trillions in a race to dominate AI. But what if the hype doesn't live up to the promise? Kevin Doyle is joined by Irish Independent columnist Richard Curran to ask whether we're watching the next financial bubble inflate, and what an AI crash could mean for Ireland's jobs, economy and future.


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Jim O'Callaghan is a politician with leadership ambitions and a reform agenda.


But in his bid to overhaul Ireland's legal system, he has picked a high-stakes fight with a formidable adversary: the lawyers of Ireland.


It has been a month since solicitors withdrew their services in a deepening row over criminal legal aid fees, and tensions look to be escalating.


At the heart of the controversy is a new flat-fee payment model introduced by the Justice Minister, which he argues is necessary to control the spiralling cost of legal aid.


For O'Callaghan, the stakes could hardly be higher. The minister has made the legal reform a cornerstone of his leadership ambitions.


A victory could bolster his credentials as a future Fianna Fáil leader, but a stalemate could turn into a political crisis.


And while the political battle intensifies, it is those seeking access to justice who may be paying the highest price.


On today’s Indo Daily, Tessa Fleming is joined by two of the Irish Independent’s political team, Mary Regan and John Downing, to unpack the growing dispute, the political stakes and what it could mean for the future of the man at its centre.
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Word on the street is that Daniel Kinahan is suddenly being prepped for extradition from Dubai.
The 49-year-old could be back in Ireland in a number of weeks, likely prompting one of the biggest security operations in the recent history of the State.
So, what awaits Kinahan when he finally arrives home?
On this Extra episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Eimear Rabbitt, news editor with Crime World, who breaks down the latest developments on this fast-moving story.
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Five activists. One defence company. €1 million in alleged damage. An Irish man now faces up to five years in prison in a German trial that's raising difficult questions about protest, civil disobedience and the limits of the law. Kevin Doyle examines the Ulm Five case with BBC journalist Bethany Bell and Daniel Tatlow-Devally's father, Conor Devally.
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