Martin and Rory were joined in the Tortoise Shack by Consultant Public Health Physician in Australia and a Senior Lecturer, Niall Conroy. We discuss recent Irish news articles suggesting that New Zealand and Australia have followed an incorrect approach to managing Covid and what that means in reality. We also discuss vaccine distribution world wide and the implications for the […]
This Reboot Republic special is the 3rd panel of the analysis of the Government’s newly launched Housing for All Plan. It looks at the key parts of the plan in relation to design and building standards, build to rent and investors, the funding for the plan, and public action and protest planned to advocate for a radical change in housing […]
This Reboot Republic special is the second panel of the analysis of the Government’s newly launched Housing for All Plan. It looks at the key parts of the plan in relation to homelessness, the experience of Generation Rent, real solutions, and hope in taking action for change. In this Panel 2 we are joined by Mike Allen of Focus Ireland, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro, an English Ph.D. student in the University of Limerick, co-producer of a documentary entitled Unsilencing Black Voices which details personal stories and accounts by members of the black community in Ireland, and we talk to Gareth Brinn, a Technical Writer based in Limerick and Graduate in Joint Honours (English and Sociology) from […]
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 […]