The luxury liner Oceanos was on a voyage off the coast of South Africa when the ship began taking on water during rough seas. The ship was sinking, and the safety of the 581 passengers and crew became the unlikely responsibility of the ship's entertainer – guitarist Moss Hill. This is his remarkable story on that fateful day. Host: Fionnán Sheahan Guest: Moss Hill

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Guitar hero: The cruise ship entertainer who saved hundreds from drowning

Coral Gables in Miami is the kind of coastal paradise you tend to see glistening on a postcard. It’s also home to a $16m (€13.5m) mansion at the heart of a transatlantic romantic breakdown – one that prompted an explosive legal battle. But how did an Irish restaurateur get caught up in such an opulent dispute?  

Host: Tabitha Monahan 

Guest: John Mulligan  

Coral Gables in Miami is the kind of coastal paradise you tend to see glistening on a postcard. It’s also home to a $16m (€13.5m) mansion at the heart of a transatlantic romantic breakdown – one that prompted an explosive legal battle. But how did an Irish restaurateur get caught up in such an opulent dispute? &nbsp;
Host: Tabitha Monahan&nbsp;
Guest: John Mulligan &nbsp;

The Cork restaurateur, the $16m Miami mansion and the romantic legal bust-up

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has confirmed his intentions to run for public office once again following a remarkably close effort in the 2024 general election. Would a successful bid in the upcoming Dublin Central by-election represent the political heist of the century? What exactly does Gerry Hutch stand for? And does he genuinely want to be a politician?




Host: Fionnán Sheahan

Guests: Mary Regan and John Downing

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has confirmed his intentions to run for public office once again following a remarkably close effort in the 2024 general election. Would a successful bid in the upcoming Dublin Central by-election represent the political heist of the century? What exactly does Gerry Hutch stand for? And does he genuinely want to be a politician?
 
Host: Fionnán Sheahan
Guests: Mary Regan and John Downing

Is The Monk bound for Dáil Éireann? And does he even want to be a politician?  

This episode of The Indo Daily comes from our sister podcast The BelTel. 
Lauren Bradford-Clarke grew up believing her mother Lesley had taken her own life before finding out the truth – her father was a murderer. She was told her mum Lesley took her own life, eventually being told it was part of an apparent ‘suicide’ pact with a man, Trevor Buchanan – the husband of the woman who would eventually become a mother-like figure to her. That woman was Hazel Stewart, how had been having an affair with Lauren’s father, Colin Howell. Then 18-years after the deaths, Colin Howell walked into a police station and confessed to murdering them, implicating Stewart as his partner in crime.  
 
Dr Lauren Bradford-Clarke, now a criminologist, spoke with the Belfast Telegraph’s Claire Williamson. 

Guitar hero: The cruise ship entertainer who saved hundreds from drowning

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