This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Dr Julien Mercille, of the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG) about the inadequacies of current Government measures to suppress COVID 19. Julien outlines that vaccination roll out will take many months, and therefore without a Zero Covid strategy more lockdowns are inevitable. Julien explains what is in a Zero Covid strategy that can work […]
This week Martin took James Leonard of the Two Norries, Hannah McCarthy from the upcoming Réwind Podcast, Dr Sindy Joyce and myself through some of the stories of the week. Sindy spoke at length about the societal normalisation of anti-Traveller racisms and brilliantly outlined how it is an issue across the political spectrum. We also discussed issues around Trans rights, […]
This Reboot Republic podcast is the first of the Housing Shock podcasts that will be taking a regular look at the big housing issues in Ireland from the perspective of how we can fix our broken housing system. The guest on this episode is Killian Woods, reporter with the Sunday Business Post. Rory and Killian discuss the problems with the […]
We were delighted to be rejoined by Head of the Portugese Dissuasion Commission, Dr Nuno Capaz, to talk Harm Reduction, Decriminalisation, the impact of Covid-19 on their services and effective advocacy for changes to Ireland’s drug policy. Nuno and his team are the world leaders and the success of their policies has seen a 95% reduction in HIV infections and […]
In this week’s episode of #ConverSayTrans features Ollie Bell! Ollie is agender poet and trans activist who co-founded Trans and intersex Pride. They talk with Jules and Alexandra about trans time and how they feel as if they’re now experiencing their first of so many things including romantic love! Being a poet of high esteem, we even get to hear […]
We were delighted to be rejoined by Gaza based journalist and friend of the podcast, Hana Salah, about her incredible story of Palestinian prisoners smuggling their sperm out of Israeli prisons for IVF treatment in Palestine. We also discuss the Covid-19 situation, vaccines inequality, the destruction of Irish aid and the plight of Palestinian fishermen. This is another great listen. […]
This Reboot Republic podcast sets out the case for inserting the Right to Housing in the Irish Constitution, and why a Referendum is needed. It is part of Maynooth University Social Justice Week. The speakers include Fr Peter McVerry, Homelessness Campaigner, Orla O Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Niamh O Rourke, Inclusion Health Social Worker, James […]
It was a great pleasure to be joined by UCD Professor Emeritus and member of Universal Basic Income Ireland, John Baker. We had a great discussion on the need for UBI as a new baseline for human dignity, the need to match UBI with Universal Basic Services and the economic and nationalist arguments against introducing such a scheme. This is […]