Author Archive: The Tortoise Shack

42. If I Must Die – Remembering Refaat Alareer

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This is the live recording of the Remembering Refaat Alareer memorial that took place on the one year anniversary of his killing by the Israeli military. If I Must Die the book is available now here:https://orbooks.com/catalog/if-i-must-die/ Donate to Dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/117612489 https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3214388/content.blubrry.com/3214388/PalCast_S2_Ep42.mp3Podcast (tortoiseshack-ie-palcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:36:25 — 70.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: […]

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1382. The Hard Work Has Started with Sinn Féin’s Mairéad Farrell

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this post GE2024 podcast we are joined by Sinn Féin poll topper and maybe short-lived head of the Public Accounts Committee, Mairéad Farrell, to discuss her party’s disappointment and or satisfaction with the general election results, her term as a first time TD, working hard for her constituency, the need for better domestic violence […]

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1381. Gary Gannon on the Next Dáil

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Post-General Election 2024 Podcast we talk with newly re-elected Soc Dem TD for Dublin Central, Gary Gannon. He talks about the mistakes he made in his first term, the need to stay grounded in the area he represents and what he thinks both the next Government and Opposition will look like. He also […]

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1377. A Game Changing Freedom of Information Win

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Note: this was recorded a few days ago, but we didn’t want it to get lost in the GE2024 news cycle. In this podcast we are joined by freelance freedom of information journalist and one of the driving forces behind righttoknow.ie, Ken Foxe (yes, bike shed Ken) and managing partner at FP Logue Solicitors and […]

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1380. Paul Lazarus Murphy on the Next Dáil and GE2024

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this extended GE 2024 election results and outcomes podcast we are joined by recently re-elected PBP TD, Paul Murphy for a chat about his last few years in the politics, the campaign in 2024, the positives we could see in a genuine Left vs Right polarised Dáil and the effective and practical ways which […]

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41. Gaza Latest and Remembering Refaat

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The situation in Gaza is getting worse. Three women were crushed to death by men who lined up to get aid in Central Gaza. Israel continues to expand the Netzarim Corridor and attack family homes full of displaced people. More people are getting hungrier each day. At this year’s conference on Palestine Studies at Universiti […]

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1364. America: From Exceptionalism to Isolationism

Please join us patreon.com/tortoiseshack In the last few weeks of the US presidential campaign tortoise shack regular and Latin American journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal spent time in Miami, Georgia and right along the border in Texas. He joins us now to discuss what he saw and how it felt as a Colombian citizen who lives in Mexico […]

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1376. The BIG Election Reaction Podcast

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 podcast we talk results, our predictions, Fianna Fáil’s impending Fine Gael identity crisis, Sinn Féin’s need to work outside the box, the far right flop, how the Soc Dems could lose by winning big and lots, lots more. For all our GE Coverage please go to patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_1376a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play in new […]

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