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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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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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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But 12 years later, that image has been replaced by High Court filings, allegations of betrayal and a bitter row over control of a family fortune.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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We make financial decisions day in, day out. The items we buy, the money we save, the goals we set...
It can be easy to forget, however, that some of the biggest life-changing money decisions might be hiding in plain sight. But what are they? And how do you make clear-eyed choices while listening to your head and your heart?
This episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast Money Talks, as Kel Galavan joins host Katie Byrne to unpack all this and more. Host: Katie Byrne | Guest: Kel Galavan (Author and expert)


The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation of any investment product.


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Once a merciless target for the MAGA movement, Hunter Biden has decided to put himself in the spotlight once again.
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Now aged 56 and celebrating seven years of sobriety, Biden has recently become a social media sensation, taking to X with a renewed sense of purpose.
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While some are speculating that he’s lining up a political run of his own, others are preaching caution that he may look to cynically monetise his newfound audience.
The controversial son of former US president Joe Biden has spent most of the last few weeks conversing with those who wish him well and those who continue to hurl abuse his way. He even popped up on conservative commentator Candace Owens’ podcast, stunning people on both sides of America’s political divide by burying the hatchet.
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Biden says he simply wants to start a conversation – but to what end?
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On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Matt Viser, staff writer with The Atlantic, to dive into a most unlikely comeback and to ask whether Hunter Biden really is “the MAGA whisperer”.


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