In advance of the 3rd annual Housing Conference in NUI Maynooth, in collaboration with Reboot Republic, Rory reads his article published in the Irish Times, Housing solutions as critical to our lives as health and education. The broken and dysfunctional housing market in Ireland and its harsh inequalities have been highlighted by the Covid pandemic. It has never been more […]
A couple of weeks ago Scottish comedian, actor and writer, Eleanor Morton, posted a hilarious and all too real parody sketch of a female podcast producer. So we knew we had to get her on the podcast. We talk about the rise of online sketches, where they fit in mainstream entertainment, her creative process and a lot, lot more. I […]
We were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by William Cummings about the publication of the Our Voice report, That was produced by BAB’s in collaboration with ICHH. Will outlines some of its stark, but sadly unsurprising findings and talks about the solutions and rights based approach needed to address the huge deficiencies. Please have a read of […]
Friend of the pod, tortoise shack royalty and solicitor acting for Digital Rights Ireland joined us to discuss the first even Mass Action under GDPR in reaction to the revelation that 533 million Facebook users (about 1 mil in Ireland alone) have had their data placed on a file that was misused for criminal purposes. To see if you are […]
On Friday the 9th of April, we held a Live Reboot Republic Podcast with an audience of tortoise shack supporters. Senator Lynn Ruane joined Rory to interview a panel of brilliant in guests. The entire show was over 2hrs and 30mins long and is available in full on our consolidated patreon feed (join us here. But for you non-members here’s […]
We just finished recording our Live Sunday Special. Martin and I were joined by investigative journalist with Noteworthy, Maria Delaney to discuss her recent story about the ongoing Valproate scandal. Full story HERE We were also joined by Dr Sharon Lambert, but unfortunately we had some WiFi issues! We discussed the shrinking bank market, tax haven Ireland, public servant pay […]
It was great to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by aspiring lawyer and human rights activist, Ibrahim Halawa. We just wish it was under different circumstances. Ibrahim tells us about Ayman Moussa, who was arrested in Oct 2013 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Ibrahim describes the young bright and academically and athletically accomplished man he met […]
For this week’s episode we are joined by This is Me founder and Community Aid Officer with TENI, Noah Halpin. Noah brings a sculpture made from his first testotserone injection and talks about everything from his love of plants to some of his cultural experiences from living in Asia. www.thestairlingscollective.com. Sound, Editing and Production by @jordanhearns. Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack