143. Housing For All: Panel 1 – The Analysis

This Reboot Republic special is an analysis of the Government’s newly launched Housing for All Plan. It looks at the key parts of the plan, weaknesses, some positives and what was missing. In this ,Panel 1, we are joined by Cian O Callaghan, TD with the Social Democrats, Orla Hegarty from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environment, Laoise […]

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614. Housing For All: Tony talks to Rory Hearne

We’re going very deep on housing across the tortoise shack today. So I decided it would be good to ask Reboot Republic Host, Rory Hearne, the questions he’s been asking of others in regards to the new Housing For All plan. This is a great overview of the plan including positives, negatives, and whilst it is a step up from […]

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611. Endangered Species: Ireland’s Biodiversity Crisis

It was a pleasure to be rejoined on the tortoise shack by investigative reporter with Noteworthy and friend of the pod, Niall Sargent, to discuss his excellent 2 part report into Ireland’s Biodiversity Crisis, available here: https://www.noteworthy.ie/endangered-species/news/ We discuss the natural capital, the misused money, the need for more resources and the very real threat to Ireland’s endangered birds, bees […]

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Martin’s Complaint to the Clerk of the Dáil

Following on from the SW Committee and PAC Committee hearings into bogus self employment, Martin has lodged a formal complaint with the Clerk of the Dail which has been referred to the Privileges Committee by the Ceann Comhairle Dear Clerk of the Dáil, I make this submission pursuant to Standing Order 71. I am adversely affected by utterances contained in […]

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138. Housing Shock: Cork Traveller Visibility Group

It feels like two steps forward & then kicked three steps back: Systemic racism, mental health and the Traveller accommodation crisis with the Cork Traveller Visibility Group This #HousingShock episode of Reboot Republic talks to Breda O Donoghue, advocacy officer with Cork Traveller Visibility Group about the issues of systemic racism faced by Travellers, the impact on their mental health, […]

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139. A plan for hope: tackle the climate, housing & inequality crises together

In this #HousingShock episode of Reboot Republic Rory introduces and reads his recent two part article in the Irish Examiner, which outline that we can and must tackle the housing and climate crises together but there is no realistic plan for retrofitting our housing stock and no strategy for ensuring new housing is a net-zero contributor to climate emissions. In […]

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