This Reboot Republic discusses the housing and homelessness crisis in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the work being done to develop a community based cooperative housing plan by the Take Back the City Coalition which Rory is part of. Rory talks to Marissa McMahon, who lives and works in Belfast as a project organiser on inequality in housing with the Participation […]
(This podcast was recorded on Nov 24th as a Patron Exclusive) Joining us from a coffee shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, is journalist, Hannah McCarthy, to discuss the humanitarian crisis evolving there. With sanctions increasing food insecurity and workers going unpaid for months, the situation is extremely dire. Hannah outlines how the Taliban are trying to impress international media, while effectively […]
This Reboot Republic talks with Stephen Kinsella, Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick, author, and Chief Economics Writer for The Currency.news. Rory and Stephen discuss the role of the state in housing, the potential for a state enterprise to build homes and its necessity to ensure affordable housing delivery, and the risk of investor funds and Build to […]
This week on the tortoise shack Sunday Special, we had a bumper show. Joining us to talk about the events of the week were Social Democrats TD, Cian O’Callaghan, writer, advocate and friend of the shack, Emma DeSouza, TCD Professor, Tómas Ryan and former political prisoner – now law student, Ibrahim Halawa. We discuss the very worrying trend of increasing […]
You might have read that the British Government are planning to compile an “official” history of The Troubles. We are cynical, so it was a pleasure to be rejoined in the Tortoise Shack by troubles historian and author of books on Loyalism, Gareth Mulvenna. We discuss the ideas merits and demerits, Gareth’s take on whether an official history is even […]
Joining Jules and Alexandra in this episode of ConverSayTrans is Fiona Leigh, a singer, actor and writer. Who is a part of the trans writers union, who are currently boycotting The Irish Times. Having come back to Ireland just before Covid hit, this self described Gen Xer tells us about her memoir that is she hoping to find a publisher […]
Many of you will have seen some of the comments made by DCU Lecturer, Mark Humphrys. We were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by two of the organisers of a Black Lives Matter Rally that takes place tomorrow in DCU at 1pm, against his type of repugnant and intolerant views, Christine O’Mahony and Darragh Adelaide. We discuss […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Sharon Crandall, who is a renter in Kerry and former tenant organiser in the US. Sharon talks about the impact of housing insecurity on herself and her son, the importance of home and housing as a human right. She has to leave as her landlord is moving in to the property. Sharon also talks about […]