Des Vere Hunt, of Fethard, Co Tipperary, died in September 2021, leaving behind an estate worth over €3m. He also left four different wills, made in years leading up to his death. Now, a three-way High Court battle between a friend, his stepdaughter and his niece looms to determine which of the multiple wills is valid. 

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Four wills, three years and the €3m stud farm: Inside the battle for Des Vere Hunt's estate

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Host: Dave Hanratty, Guest; Shane Phelan

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Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Catherine Fegan & James Brannigan

On St Patrick’s Day 2024, while families across the country celebrated, gardaí made a grim discovery, the body of a young woman in a canal just outside Monaghan town. She was 23-year-old Kelly Marie Lynch. Today a former PSNI detective who has investigated a number of prominent murders, including the 2020 killing of Katie Simpson by Jonathan Creswell, tells us why he believes Kelly Lynch’s case should be upgraded to a murder investigation.
 
Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Catherine Fegan &amp; James Brannigan

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Today’s Indo Daily comes from our sister podcast the Big Tech Show




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This podcast was first published on Thursday January 8th.

Today’s Indo Daily comes from our sister podcast the Big Tech Show
 
With Grok AI now being used to undress people online, what do we do? Should government ministers stay off X? And is Ireland about to require digital ID? TJ McIntyre, associate Professor of the Sutherland School of Law in UCD and Head of Digital Rights Ireland joins Adrian on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show.
 
This podcast was first published on Thursday January 8th.

Four wills, three years and the €3m stud farm: Inside the battle for Des Vere Hunt's estate

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