There is a lot of politicians, including members of our own government, making statements about the situation along the Ukrainian border with Russia. Rather than indulge that hot air we decided to talk with members of both the Ukrainian govt and the opposition. This podcast is with founder of the NGO Legal 100, current President of the Interparliamentary Union, Voice […]
On this episode of Policed: the Beat, Vicky speaks to criminal defence lawyers Shalom Binchy and Michael Finucane about attendance at Garda interviews. We discuss what right lawyers have to be in the interview and why it matters. We also discuss currently proposals to legislate for attendance, and some of the significant problems with those proposals. Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack
It is always great to chat with writer with theintercept.com Jon Schwarz. We talk all things American politics, fears about inflation in the economy and why it’s not the worry it’s made out to be and the current Covid situation. Then we get into what Martin and Jon really want to talk about, the film Don’t Look Up. If you […]
In conversation with Alexandra and Jules for this episode, is Fladh Tubridy Co-Chair of the Dun Laoighaire CATU (Community Action Tenants Union) branch. For this special episode we focus on the rights to housing and trans people precarious position in housing. Fladh been apart of CATU the last few years and has really seen the necessity and power of collective […]
It was an absolute pleasure to share this weeks Sunday Special with UHW Cancer Pharmacist, DJ Walsh, Writer and Activist, Emma DeSouza and Writer and one of the organisers of the bloodysunday50.com events, Tony Doherty. We discuss the week ahead in Derry and Tony tells us about how even now 50 years on he remembers his father who was murdered […]
In this tortoise shack special Vicky and Martin were joined by Sinead Crowe, co-founder of the Instagram Community ‘Intuitive Eating Ireland’, registered dietitian Jo Moscalu, who specialises in eating disorders specifically ‘Binge Eating’ and fat activist Michelle McCormick. We discuss weight cycling, diet culture, fat phobic rhetoric, and the state funds that are going to Operation Transformation. Please join us […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Colette Bennett, Economic and Social Analyst with Social Justice Ireland. We discuss what the COVID pandemic has told us about society, about housing, precariousness and community. We also discuss the recent Social Justice Ireland report on housing costs and poverty in Ireland, about the policy failure of the Housing Assistance Payment, and why a new […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by economist and PBP member, Brian O’Boyle who along with co-author Kieran Allen, is co-author of a new book ‘Tax Haven Ireland’ We discuss why they decided to write the book that goes against the mainstream opinion and what they discovered in their investigation into how a small island on the edge of […]