Sunday Special #37: The Northern Ireland Riots & Fast Track Citizenship

We just finished a terrific Live Sunday Special. This week Tony walked Martin (Echo Chamber), Vicky (Policed) and Hannah (new podcast Rewind coming soon) through some of the stories of the week. We were also joined by the powerhouse that is Emma DeSouza, to talk NI riots and the Good Friday Agreement. Then Dr Mohsin Kamal rejoined us to tell […]

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104. Controlling COVID-19 with Niall Conroy

This Reboot Republic welcomes back Niall Conroy, Irish consultant in Public Health working in Australia. We discuss Mandatory Hotel Quarantine, vaccines and a global strategy, the development of variants, public health and what could happen in the coming months and years with COVID19. Niall outlines his recent experience dealing with a COVID outbreak in Queensland, and how they responded by […]

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506. The Soc Dems Surge with Catherine Murphy

We hadn’t spoken to Soc Dem’s co-leader, Catherine Murphy, in a while. So we had plenty to chat about. Catherine tells us about the new TD’s and how they have performed in this most unusual of Dáil’s. We discuss housing, COVID response, working with other parties and the chances of a Left government. We also discuss the anti-corruption bill Catherine […]

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11. Alannah O Neill Murray

This week we talk with nonbinary disability activist Alannah O Neill Murray about their favourite book as well as trying to navigate the lgbtqia scene in Dublin as a disabled person and the difficulties they face on a daily basis connecting with their community. www.thestairlingscollective.com. Sound, Editing and Production by @jordanhearns. Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

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103. Keeping Schools Open and Safe

This Reboot Republic podcast discusses the issue of schools and COVID19, how they can be kept open and safe for the school community, in conjunction with the Children’s Futures campaign and Children’s Rights Alliance. In the discussion are Dr Abigail Collins, Consultant in Public Health, Aine Lynch, National Parents Council & Children’s Futures Campaign, Erika a secondary school student and […]

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503. Chay Bowes is not hurling on the Ditch

We were rejoined in The Tortoise Shack by the man responsible for making Leo Varadkar’s leaking of a confidential agreement public, Chay Bowes. We discuss the latest on that case, Taoiseach Micheal Martin’s attendance at a commemoration in Cork, the role of journalism in what gets covered, public anger fatigue and Chay’s motivations for getting involved in these stories. Have […]

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101. Public Health: The Missing COVID Strategy with Dr Niamh Cummins

This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Niamh Cummins, an educator and public health researcher specialising in health services research. Niamh explains the role and importance of ‘public health’ in responding to pandemics such as COVID19. She outlines how the Irish Public Health system was inadequately resourced to respond to the pandemic, with public health specialists not being given Consultant contracts […]

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