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Arms: From left, IRA volunteers had weapons on a par with those used by the British army; the Eksund was boarded by police in Brest, France, and found to be carrying a massive shipment of weapons for the Provisionals, supplied by Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi

The Indo Daily: Gaddafi, guns and the IRA: could the Libyan despot have started an Irish civil war?

A massive Libyan arms shipment to the Provisional IRA in the 1980s had the potential to dramatically escalate the Troubles into a civil war, with one senior politician remarking “Christ — the IRA could start a civil war with that lot. And win. ”

Prince Harry may testify in person at the London court instead of appearing by videolink. Photo: Jeremy Selwyn

The Indo Daily: Tabloids, trials, and tribulations - Prince Harry and the phone hacking scandal

Four Mediahuis podcasts nominated for national awards.

The Indo Daily: What makes a serial killer and why are we fascinated by them?

The Burke family outside the Bridewell garda station on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Collins Courts

The Indo Daily: Burke family values — what next for Enoch Burke and his siblings?

Amid chaotic and unprecedented courtroom scenes, gardaí forcibly removed members of the Burke family from the Four Courts this week.

The Indo Daily: ‘Shooting the cat was his ticket to Hollywood’ – Barry Keoghan and Paul Mescal’s Oscars dream

Oscar-nominated actor Barry Keoghan's family will be staying up until the early hours of the morning to watch the Academy Awards this Sunday.

Larry Dunne (centre, wearing suit) had more than 40 convictions, including supplying heroin and cocaine PIC RollingNews.ie

The Indo Daily: Drugs lord Larry Dunne and his plague of heroin on Dublin

In the early 1980s, parts of Dublin were crippled by a drugs epidemic. Heroin, introduced in the late 1970s, soon flooded the flat complexes and neighbourhoods of inner-city Dublin, as children as young as 12 fell victim to the drug.

Charles Bronson, with his dog Della, during time out from prison in 1992

The Indo Daily: Notorious inmate Charles Bronson appeals for freedom

Notorious inmate Charles Bronson is making his latest bid for freedom, appearing in front of a parole board yesterday.

Alex Murdaugh is led outside the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff’s deputies after being convicted of two counts of murder (Chris Carlson/AP)

The Indo Daily: The Murdaugh Murders ⁠— Why did a wealthy South Carolina lawyer kill his wife and son?

Tom Colton, pictured, and his wife Linda had debts of €2.7m and €2m respectively written off. Photo: Lorraine Teevan

Best of the Indo Daily: The Psychic Swindler, the secret villa and the newspaper investigation he didn’t see coming

The Indo Daily: Terry Keane, Charles Haughey, and the end of their affair

Terry Keane was a fashion writer and columnist. Charles Haughey was Taoiseach and a political party leader. But behind the scenes, the couple engaged in a 27-year-long affair.

Samantha Azzopardi (inset) cost the Irish state more than €250,000 when she turned up outside the GPO in Dublin in October 2013

The Indo Daily: GPO Girl – the lives and lies of Samantha Azzopardi

In 2013, a teenager in a state of distress was found by two gardaí at the GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

Paula Yates and Bob Geldof (Michael Stephens/PA)

The Indo Daily: The tragic death of Paula Yates and the Geldofs’ grief

When Channel 4 launched in the UK in 1982, it was a breath of fresh air with its edgy programming earmarked at younger audiences.

The Indo Daily: North Korea — Family assassinations, nuclear tensions and the heiress to the throne?

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The Indo Daily: The Apache, an Irish priest, and a miscarriage of justice — who killed Fr Patrick Ryan?

The Indo Daily: Notorious criminal Cornelius Price and his history of violence

Cornelius Price, a notorious gangland figure, died last weekend in a hospital in Wales.

The Indo Daily: Boy killer — How does a 14-year-old become a murderer?

The Indo Daily: Hurling legend DJ Carey and the €9.5m debt deal

DJ Carey is regarded as one of the Ireland's most successful sports stars. In hurling, his technique, speed and skill earned him the nickname 'The Dodger' and the sports accolades followed.

The Indo Daily: Picked off, poisoned and pushed — how Putin's enemies meet their untimely end

The Indo Daily: Closing in on the Kinahans - fake passports, drug busts, and labelling lieutenants

Last week was quite the headache for the Kinahan criminal gang, as gardaí closed in on the gang.

Nicola Bulley has been missing for three weeks

The Indo Daily: Nicola Bulley — Rumours rife as mother of two remains missing

Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon during a news conference at Bute House in Edinburgh, during which she announced she will be standing down. Photo: Reuters

The Indo Daily: On her own terms - what Nicola Sturgeon's departure means for Scottish independence

Pressures had been piling on Scotland's first minister in recent weeks. Nicola Sturgeon's government was embroiled in controversial debates over the management of transgender prisoners, a teachers strike and NHS backlogs.

The Chinese balloon on Wednesday last. Picture by Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette

The Indo Daily: Spy in the sky — is China watching us?

The Indo Daily: Rebel, renegade and rabble-rouser — the many controversies of Mick Wallace

The Indo Daily: The 30-year-mystery — Will Annie McCarrick ever be found?

The Indo Daily: Unsolved - Murder in Malahide - the cold case of Grace Livingstone

Thomas Martens and his daughter Molly Martens Corbett. Inset Jason Corbett

The Indo Daily: His name was Jason - The killing of Jason Corbett and the Tom and Molly Martens retrial

This week lawyers for convicted killers Tom and Molly Martens have alleged the pair have been demonised in sections of the media over the death of Irish businessman Jason Corbett eight years ago.

The Indo Daily: Notorious mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger and his IRA links

Infamous Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death almost immediately after arriving in October 2018 at a West Virginia prison.

Daniel Moore says there is help out there for people with addiction issues. Photo: Gerry Mooney

The Indo Daily: Drugs, crime and redemption – ‘Rehab was scarier than going to prison’

After a four-year stint in prison, Daniel Moore (34) from Blanchardstown overcame drug addiction and homelessness.

The Indo Daily: 24-hour party people - the time when Ireland mistakenly legalised drugs

In 2015, the Irish government made headline news for all the wrong reasons - accidentally legalising hard drugs like ecstasy, ketamine and 'magic mushrooms'.

Brighid McLaughlin, whose sister Siobhan was murdered, at the offices of the Minister for Justice in 2019. Photo: Mark Condren

The Indo Daily: Family of murder victim, Siobhán Kearney: ‘He finished her off and staged it to look like suicide – now he’s up for parole’

Siobhán Kearney was just 38 years of age when she was murdered by her husband, Brian Kearney, in Dublin in 2006.

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March 2023