115. Darkness into Light

This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Niamh Cummins, about mental health and Pieta’s Darkness into Light fundraising event, which takes place Saturday morning May 8th. Niamh is a public health researcher, researching areas of emergency health, including mental health in the University of Limerick. We talk about our own ‘melted heads’, COVID and mental health of the different ages, from […]

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14. Alex & Jules

As we bring our first season of ConverSayTrans to a close, Alex and Jules, talk to each other about their own personal items, share their insights and stories about the stairlings collective and the journey that brought them together. We look forward to bringing you Season 2 in the weeks ahead. www.thestairlingscollective.com. Sound, Editing and Production by @jordanhearns. Support us […]

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528. Loyalism, the Centenary and Learning from the Worst of the Troubles

It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by Writer, Author and Troubles historian, Dr Gareth Mulvenna. We discussed the recent scenes of violence, the echoes of the past, the fissures in Loyalism and why it remains true that those who refuse to learn from history are determined to repeat it. Gareth expresses his frustration at the […]

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529. The Cost of Carbon

It was a pleasure to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by investigative reporter with Noteworthy, Niall Sargent, to discuss his latest 2 part report into Ireland’s carbon emissions. Niall talks us through the key findings and tells us where we are starting to get things right, but also points out where we need to see significant improvements. We discuss […]

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Policed The Beat: In Custody

Prof Yvonne Daly joins me on this episode of the Beat, to talk about new research that she and I have been doing on your rights in Garda custody. We talk about when you are allowed to see your solicitor, and then talk in detail about how that solicitor is selected. We report on research with solicitors that suggests some […]

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111. We are Irish – Unsilencing Black Voices

This Reboot Republic podcast talks to Sandrine Ndahiro, a PhD student in Contemporary African Literature at the University of Limerick and co-producer of the documentary Unsilencing Black Voices which details personal stories and accounts of racism experienced by members of the black community in Ireland. Sandrine, explains that they developed the documentary as a response to the Black Lives Matter […]

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The 40th Sunday Special – Delay, Deny and Wait for me to Die

We’ve just finished recording our 40th Live Sunday Special and it was terrific. Joining Martin and Tony were Actor, Writer and Adoption Rights Activist, Noelle Brown, Writer, Leadership Coordinator and Human Rights Activist, Emma DeSouza and Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster, Dawn Foster. Noelle talks us through the latest “update” on the Mother and Baby Homes Report and the retraumatising of […]

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