The night of October 11, 2025 was meant to be one of celebration in the north Cork town of Doneraile. Locals gathered to mark a GAA victory, continuing their festivities into the night. However, over the next few hours tensions began to rise on the town's Main Street. A short time later, local postman and father-of-five Barry Daly was beaten to death with a golf club outside his own home. Now, 21-year-old Alex Deady has been sentenced to life in prison for his murder. 




Kevin Doyle is joined by Irish Independent southern correspondent Ralph Riegel to examine how a community celebration descended into a brutal killing.




Please note: this episode features discussion of graphic violence.

Host: Kevin Doyle | Guest: Ralph Riegel

The night of October 11, 2025 was meant to be one of celebration in the north Cork town of Doneraile. Locals gathered to mark a GAA victory, continuing their festivities into the night. However, over the next few hours tensions began to rise on the town's Main Street. A short time later, local postman and father-of-five Barry Daly was beaten to death with a golf club outside his own home. Now, 21-year-old Alex Deady has been sentenced to life in prison for his murder.&nbsp;
 
Kevin Doyle is joined by Irish Independent southern correspondent Ralph Riegel to examine how a community celebration descended into a brutal killing.
 
Please note: this episode features discussion of graphic violence.
Host: Kevin Doyle | Guest: Ralph Riegel

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Two years after winning her civil case against Conor McGregor, Nikita Hand is telling her story in her own words. In her memoir Not the Perfect Victim, she writes about the assault, her battle for justice and the personal cost of becoming one of the most recognisable women in Ireland. Irish Independent writer Tanya Sweeney joins Fionnán Sheahan on the Indo Daily to share what she learnt from meeting Nikita Hand, and how she is trying to build a new life after the verdict.
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In September 1956, a schoolboy in County Down made a shocking discovery after peering into a hen house and locking eyes with a child.  

Those eyes belonged to seven-year-old Kevin Halfpenny – better known ever since as ‘the hen house boy’. 

Robbed of social interaction, Kevin seemed to have learned his behaviour from the chickens around him. His widowed mother Margaret Halfpenny was arrested and pleaded guilty to neglect.  

70 years later, we revisit a tragically human story that became overwhelmed by folklore.  

Host: Olivia Peden 

Guest: Kurtis Reid 

This episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast The BelTel.  

The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism 

In September 1956, a schoolboy in County Down made a shocking discovery after peering into a hen house and locking eyes with a child. &nbsp;
Those eyes belonged to seven-year-old Kevin Halfpenny – better known ever since as ‘the hen house boy’.&nbsp;
Robbed of social interaction, Kevin seemed to have learned his behaviour from the chickens around him. His widowed mother Margaret Halfpenny was arrested and pleaded guilty to neglect. &nbsp;
70 years later, we revisit a tragically human story that became overwhelmed by folklore. &nbsp;
Host: Olivia Peden&nbsp;
Guest: Kurtis Reid&nbsp;
This episode of The Indo Daily is brought to you by our sister podcast The BelTel. &nbsp;
The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism&nbsp;

How the ‘brutal’ murder of Cork postman Barry Daly left a town in mourning

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