This week Alexandra and Jules speak with Philippa Ryder, a noted activist and writer, about her youth, coveting her sisters dress as a young child, that inclination towards the feminine that was a indication of her true self yet to allowed to fully blossom. Regaling the two younger gals with her stories of adversaries and her commitment to speaking up […]
It was a pleasure to be joined in The Tortoise Shack with Réiseal Ní Chéilleachair who is Head of International Advocacy with Concern Worldwide and by Asst Prof in Security Studies, DCU, Caitriona Dowd, to discuss the report into the use of hunger as a means of warfare, Ireland’s seat on the UN Council, the climate challenge and the wars […]
In this crossover Reboot Republic and Echo Chamber podcast, Rory and Martin dissect the Budget to see what impact it is likely to have. Rory explains how the Budget is a budget for the investor funds, developers and landlords and ignored Generation Rent. It failed to implement measures to tackle the investor funds or rents or borrow and build state […]
We were joined by Independent International Development Consultant, Researcher Affiliate with the Cambridge Central Asia Forum and lead author of the report joint Oxfam and Trócaire report – Sustainable Food Systems: Steps Ireland can take to become a global leader, Sinead Mowlds, to talk all things food. Sinead outlines the context for the report, some of the key findings, where […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Mike Allen, Director of Advocacy of homelessness charity, Focus Ireland and Ann-Marie O’Reilly, Policy officer with Threshold, the national housing charity for tenants. We discuss the reasons underlying the recent increase in homelessness, and evictions in the private rental sector. Mike describes the current situation as one which they have never seen before as […]
On this weeks Sunday Special we were joined by new public rep for PBP Clondalkin, Darragh Adelaide and Senior Reporter with the Business Post, Killian Woods. We talk the NI Partition Commemorations. Comrade Dermot Desmond, the supply and demand fallacy, PBP for change and not just protest, the Slaintecare failure repackaged as a success, the Pension timebomb scam and the […]
This Reboot Republic podcast discusses what should be in Budget 2022 with Dr Tom McDonald of the Nevin Economic Research Institute and Dr Tricia Keilthy, Head of Policy, St Vincent De Paul. They outline what should be done to address key issues of poverty and inequality, and the economic analysis of where the economy is going and what should be […]
Whistleblowers are responsible for identification and recovery of more money than all the regulatory bodies of the EU combined. So why is it that ‘Whistleblower’ has such negative connotations not just in the EU, but particularly in Ireland? We are joined by whistleblowers, Julie Grace and Noel McGree, to discuss their recent appearance at the Finance Committee, where they spoke […]