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Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Lawyer claims state-owned oil company may have blocked efforts to rescue divers trapped inside underwater pipe because it was 'cheaper to allow them to die'
Podcast All episodes Play on Apple Spotify On the latest episode of the Daily Mail's Pipeline podcast, reporter Isabelle Stanley examines the chilling theories as to why Paria blocked efforts to rescue four men trapped in an underwater oil pipe. From compensation plots to international conspiracy, Stanley interviews legal experts and journalists to test the credibility of theories that emerged in the wake of the Caribbean Diving Disaster. In February 2022, five divers were sucked hundreds of feet into a 30-inch pipe they were repairing off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. Despite one of the divers, Christopher Boodram, escaping after an unimaginable three-hour ordeal, rescue attempts for the remaining four were repeatedly blocked, leaving them to die slowly in what became a national scandal. The pipe was managed by Paria, one arm of Trinidad's state-owned oil company. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Trinidad's then-Energy Minister Stuart Young launched an official enquiry, led by one of the UK's top international criminal barristers, Jerome Lynch KC. Lynch concluded that the four divers weren't rescued because of a series of mistakes, incompetence and inaction by Paria. Despite his recommendation that the oil company be charged with corporate manslaughter, police have issued only vague statements that an investigation remains ongoing Despite his recommendation that the oil company be charged with corporate manslaughter, police have issued only vague statements that an investigation remains ongoing. This stalemate and lack of closure has created an information vacuum - which residents of Trinidad have filled with hundreds of theories, trying to work out why Paria abandoned the rescue effort. Rightly or wrongly, the victims' families wonder if there is something more… another reason to explain why their loved ones were left to die - something other than pure negligence or incompetence. Prakash Ramadhar, a lawyer representing two of the victims' families, told the podcast that he believes the oil giant may have thwarted a rescue to avoid the costs associated with caring for the injured divers if they had been pulled out alive. He claims any survivors may have suffered life-changing injuries, creating lifelong financial liability for the company. Mr Ramadhar said: 'I believe that Paria's initial belief was that they all had perished and if they had not perished, they would soon perish. 'As crass as it may sound, there is a belief in the legal fraternity that it may have been cheaper to allow the men to die than it was to rescue them, broken and maimed. 'Ensuring their medical wellbeing and upkeep for their rest of their lives is far more expensive than allowing them to die.' To hear Stanley interrogate this theory and many others that emerged in the wake of the Caribbean Diving Disaster, search for Pipeline now, wherever you get your podcasts.
Irish Independent
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Podcast reviews: It's the season for sight, taste and smell, and these listens should whet your appetite
Festival organisers are now dusting off marquees and portable show kitchens, ahead of the four-day Taste of Dublin opening on Thursday in Merrion Square. Sharon Noonan of Best Possible Taste (Apple Spotify) recently talked shop with the event's marketing pro Nina Massey to discuss how Taste of Dublin has changed over 20 years, reflecting Ireland's ever-changing palate. And Noonan sure knows her onions: Best Possible Taste is Ireland's longest running food and drinks audio show, premiering on West Limerick 102FM in 2013. Its USP is interview with food and drinks producers and purveyors across the island, such as recent guests Eunice Power (Waterford chef and firebrand), Kian Louet-Feisser (successor of the family-run Carlingford Oyster Company) and Max Jones (West Cork-based traditional food conservationist and polymath). Chef Neven Maguire said of Noonan on the 10th anniversary of the series: 'Putting producers' names out there on a podcast like Sharon's and allowing them to share their stories is truly powerful and inspiring.' Smell is the most sneakiest of senses, triggering a long-forgotten memory without word or warning. Freshly baked bread, cut grass and the seaside commonly top lists of our favourite scents, but fragrance is so much more personalised when it comes to nostalgic recall. Smell Ya Later (Apple Spotify) is bright and breezy, but don't be fooled by each episode's introductory smalltalk – once co-hosts Sable Yong and Tynan Sinks get going (and, boy, do they take their sweet time), they take their subject seriously, chatting with the likes of Marie du Petit Thouars and Matt Bergson, founders of Maison Louis Marie, as well as hearing how AI is being applied in the fragrance world, learning from Christophe Laudamiel of Google spin-off Osmo. You don't have to even visit London's National Gallery to be enthralled by its new podcast Stories in Colour (Apple Spotify), which journeys through the trends and tech that have coloured our world. It's hosted by the NG's Beks Leary who chats with historians, curators, scientists and artists to discuss how humanity has harnessed and made sense of colour, such as the discovery of Prussian blue, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's deadly Yellow Wallpaper. The series kicks off vividly with Professor Anya Hurlbert exploring visual perception, such as 2015's viral dress debate (blue and black, or white and gold?).
Daily Mail
05-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Naga Munchetty tells BRYONY GORDON doctors accused her of 'having too much sex' when she was treated for thrush - as she takes aim at medical misogyny
Podcast All episodes Play on Apple Spotify On the latest episode of the Mail's 'The Life of Bryony' podcast, BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty candidly discussed her battle with adenomyosis and expressed frustration with the dismissing of women's pain by the healthcare system. Ms Munchetty, 50, publicly revealed her diagnosis back in 2023, after years of having chronic pain mismanaged and misdiagnosed by doctors. Adenomyosis is a relatively common condition where the uterine lining, shed during menstruation, grows into the muscle wall of the uterus, causing painful and prolonged periods. The journalist recently released a book on the gender healthcare gap, chronicling her experience and the experience of hundreds of other women who feel their pain was disregarded or downplayed. 'We are taught to normalise it,' the presenter told Mail columnist Bryony Gordon. She recalled other occasions on which she had cystitis and thrush but was accused by doctors of 'having too much sex or not being hygienic enough'. 'My mum and dad were nurses. I have a great respect for people in healthcare. I am not bashing anyone, it's the system. 'I find the gatekeeping of medicines, contraceptives, and pain relief just astonishing. The rules that say women can only have pain relief if something is 'really painful': as if having your cervix opened with tweezers is not going to freaking hurt.' Medical misogyny is a catchall term used to denote the unfair or prejudicial treatment of female patients. This could include the lack of funding for treatments for female-specific health conditions; delayed diagnoses or a generally dismissive attitude towards the severity of symptoms caused by sexual and reproductive health issues. Ms Munchetty recalled a night when a particularly bad flare-up of adenomyosis forced her husband to call an ambulance. She was unable to walk or speak and kept feinting because of the intensity of the pain. 'I was very scared that the pain was not going to stop', Ms Munchetty said. 'I didn't know what to do. The doctor told me that the next time it happens, I should try taking a couple of paracetamol. 'I was so angry that all I could say was: 'Right, thanks.' Naga Munchetty: 'Why do you think there aren't enough at the top of business? It's because they've got too much sh*t to deal with that's being ignored.' Listen now Based on her protracted journey to diagnosis, the BBC presenter offered Bryony some tips for confronting medical misogyny Ms Munchetty instructed: 'Know what's wrong with you. I don't mean a diagnosis but know what isn't right. 'When your life is being negatively impacted by something – write it down. Keep a diary. 'Your specialist wants to help you. They love puzzles and coming to conclusions. But they can't if it's all so vague. Go in armed with as much information as you can give them. 'Don't be afraid to do your own research.' In explaining her reasons for wanting to write the book, aptly named, 'It's Probably Nothing', Ms Munchetty appealed for medical misogyny to be taken more seriously. She declared: 'If we're not advocating for the women in our lives who are unable or too unwell to advocate for themselves, we are losing out on brilliant women in the workplace, brilliant mothers, daughters, and partners. 'Why do you think there aren't enough at the top of business? It's because they've got too much sh*t to deal with that's being ignored.' To listen to the full, empowering interview with Naga Munchetty, listen to the latest Life of Bryony now, wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes are released every Monday and Friday.
