This week James Leonard of the Two Norries took us through the stories of the week. We we’re joined by journalist with the Business Post, Killian Woods and TCD Prof Tomas Ryan to talk the privatisation of public housing, the COVID situation, Martin’s appearance at the PAC and the reaction/lack of a reaction to Taoiseach Micheal Martin’s appearance at a […]
This is a combined Reboot Republic & Echo Chamber podcast where Rory & Martin talk to Professor Anthony Staines of DCU, and the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group about the Government’s latest ‘Living with COVID’ Plan. Anthony talks about the inadequacies of the plan, the need to adequately resource public health, provide supports for people to isolate, and why we have […]
We were joined in The Tortoise Shack by Political Correspondent with the Irish Independent, Hugh O’Connell, to talk about the how and why (wrongly) RTE apologised to Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe, for a mild historical criticism of Fine Gael and children’s shoes. We also talk about the role of the Pol Corr and its pipeline to Govt Advisor roles, the […]
In this week’s episode of #ConverSayTrans Jules and Alexandra talk to intersex, trans and sexworker activist Adeline Barry. Adeline talks about her time in the queer community New York in the early 1990s, which she saw as a haven as well as discussing her life as q single.parent to two amazing kids. Listen along as she tells us of the […]
In this episode of Reboot Republic we talk to the Director of the mental health charity Lust for Life, Ciara O Connor Walsh, and Rory’s son, Leo Hearne Strachan. Ciara outlines the origins of A Lust For Life as way of trying to break the stigma and silence around mental health, of building community, and advocating for a better more […]
We were delighted to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by Sinn Féin Leader, Mary Lou McDonald. We discussed the latest Covid changes, the failures in strategy, her Party’s position on Zero Covid and vaccine inequality typified by the Beacon Hospital controversy. We also discussed the practical steps she would like to see beginning now in terms of Irish unity […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Tricia Keilthy, Head of Social Justice in the St Vincent De Paul about their recent research showing problems of deepening poverty in the pandemic. Dr Keilthy explains that there has been two divergent experiences of lockdown. They have found that those who are experiencing the most adverse financial impacts are many of the groups […]
With Martin away at the Public Accounts Committee, I was delighted to be rejoined by Dublin Lord Mayor, Hazel Chu on recent events. As you are probably aware her recent candidacy for a Seanad Byelection was met with opprobrium by members of her own party and a motion of no confidence was tabled (and then postponed) at the last Green […]