We were rejoined in The Tortoise Shack by the man responsible for making Leo Varadkar’s leaking of a confidential agreement public, Chay Bowes. We discuss the latest on that case, Taoiseach Micheal Martin’s attendance at a commemoration in Cork, the role of journalism in what gets covered, public anger fatigue and Chay’s motivations for getting involved in these stories. Have […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Niamh Cummins, an educator and public health researcher specialising in health services research. Niamh explains the role and importance of ‘public health’ in responding to pandemics such as COVID19. She outlines how the Irish Public Health system was inadequately resourced to respond to the pandemic, with public health specialists not being given Consultant contracts […]
We had discussed marking our 500th episode in some sort of BIG show, but as we were always the no frills podcast, we decided it was best to do what we set out to do 499 episodes ago – covering topics that need more time than a 4 minute radio piece. So it was a great pleasure to be joined […]
This episode of Housing Shock talks to Dr Phil Lawton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography in Trinity College Dublin. We discuss what will the post-COVID city look like? What is gentrification and who are the creative class reshaping our urban spaces? We also discuss how to make inclusive, sustainable, liveable cities, touching on issues of land, financialisation, capital, […]
This week James Leonard of the Two Norries took us through the stories of the week. We we’re joined by journalist with the Business Post, Killian Woods and TCD Prof Tomas Ryan to talk the privatisation of public housing, the COVID situation, Martin’s appearance at the PAC and the reaction/lack of a reaction to Taoiseach Micheal Martin’s appearance at a […]
This is a combined Reboot Republic & Echo Chamber podcast where Rory & Martin talk to Professor Anthony Staines of DCU, and the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group about the Government’s latest ‘Living with COVID’ Plan. Anthony talks about the inadequacies of the plan, the need to adequately resource public health, provide supports for people to isolate, and why we have […]
We were joined in The Tortoise Shack by Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent, Hugh O’Connell, to talk about the how and why (wrongly) RTE apologised to Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe, for a mild historical criticism of Fine Gael and children’s shoes. We also talk about the role of the Pol Corr and its pipeline to Govt Advisor roles, the […]
In this week’s episode of #ConverSayTrans Jules and Alexandra talk to intersex, trans and sexworker activist Adeline Barry. Adeline talks about her time in the queer community New York in the early 1990s, which she saw as a haven as well as discussing her life as q single.parent to two amazing kids. Listen along as she tells us of the […]