This week our very own James Leonard, of the Two Norries Podcast, talks to us about his experience of policing. We consider how young people in working class areas are policed and the interventions the Gardaí made in his life. To give context to this, Prof Shadd Maruna of Queens University Belfast, talks to us about the research on resistance: […]
It was great to chat again on the shack with our friend, journalist Hana Salah in Gaza. Unfortunately the updates, despite the end of the current conflict, aren’t very good. Hana tells us about the cost that the recent “war” that Hama have called ‘The Sword of Jerusalem’ has wreaked upon one of the most densely populated areas in the […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, Colin Harvey, to discuss the Shared Island Project and the exciting opportunities that are ahead for all the people on this island. Colin discusses some of the negative attention he has received, but focusses on the solutions and discussions […]
In what is always the best podcast of the week, we were delighted to be joined by writer, activist and Good Friday Agreement advocate, Emma DeSouza, journalist and broadcaster, Dawn Foster and Trade Union Organisier and human rights activist, Julia Marciniak, who helped us look at the week that was. We talked: Edwin Poots, the DUP and where to for […]
In this episode of Policed: the Beat we talked to Helen Hall, CEO of the Policing Authority, about a consultation currently running on what should be the priorities for the work of An Garda Síochána next year. We discuss what it means to prioritise different things, why it matters that the public has a say in this, how it shapes […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Una Mullally, journalist and broadcaster and columnist with the Irish Times, about the housing crisis, the investor funds, the political implications of Government housing failure and new protests and movements that are inevitably ahead. We discuss the key issues of Generation Rent, Gentrification, Student accommodation, and the importance of a Referendum on the Right to […]
We were delighted to be joined by Sinn Féin Seantor, Lynn Boylan, to discuss the ridiculous situation that means the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), which is a payment to landlords, is taken as income for the purposes of denying Legal Aid to people and how this stupidity exposes the victims of domestic violence to further dangers. We also talk a […]
In the 20th episode of Policed in Ireland, we hear from Kayleigh, about her experiences of reporting sexual violence to An Garda Síochána. We know that this is one of the most underreported crimes, and so hearing what it’s like when someone does report is really important. Kayleigh tells us about what it meant as a teenager to report sexual […]