Social media is often neither and it’s fair to say that my interactions with Finance Correspondent with the Currency, Seán Keyes, have been a little turbulent. But Seán was happy to come over to the tortoise shack and have that “supply guy” chat away from the bubble. We discuss why he believes in Build to Rent as a viable housing […]
In this Reboot Republic Rory talks to Louise Bayliss, Focus Ireland Campaigns Coordinator, Macdara Doyle, ICTU and Raise the Roof and Dr Lorcan Sirr, TU Dublin. We discuss the worsening homelessness crisis, the cost of living and housing crisis facing people, and the housing policies that got us into the crisis, and the solutions. This podcast is highlighting the Raise […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Lilith, Emma, Sam, Alfonso and an audience of our members to dive into some of the stories of the week and some of the things that will make news in the coming days. Emma and Sam discuss the “Protocol Fatigue” and the news Emma received of the UK Govts intention to place […]
This Reboot Republic talks to John Gibbons, long time climate action activist, environmentalist and campaigning journalist about the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest report on the Irish Government’s climate targets. We are supposed to have a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030, but on the basis of current responses, we will only get a 20% reduction. We discuss what’s wrong with […]
After nearly 20 years the Richmond Road Studio artists, creators and tenants are facing eviction into a Dublin that has no space for their work. Joining us to discuss this are painter Maeve Brennan and sculptor Adam Gibney. Cultural spaces are been pushed out of Dublin and with it the artists who should be the creative soul of the city. […]
This episode is all about Hot Girl Summer and what that means to us. After the stresses of last semester, we really want to start the summer off with bang and we thought it was best to make it into an episode. We discuss topics such as body image, femininity, navigating self acceptance and the importance of friendships. This is […]
“We are doing the very best that we can under the circumstances, we can’t turn people away. Neither the public nor the government give a shit” Frank’s long weekend started early. It was only Tuesday and he was already in his comfortable room which was to be home for the next few days. My long weekend has been coming for […]
(TW: This is two personal stories about cancer) Martin and Brendan Ogle sat down in a park in Fingal to share their experiences of cancer, grief, stress and death. Martin has been living with cancer for 13 years, Brendan for 13 months. Do men find it hard to share their experiences, not in this podcast they don’t. Please listen and […]