Ep.62 – Global Voices for Change: Fight Inequality 2

This Reboot Republic is the second in partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance – A global movement organising global protests against inequality to coincide with the global elite annual Davos meeting (this year being held online) from the 23rd to 30th January. We are joined today by three inspiring inequality activists from across the world including: Antonia Wanjiku Musunga, National […]

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Ep.57 – Parenting in Lockdown with Joanna Fortune

In our third Surviving Parenting in Lockdown podcast I am delighted to be joined by Joanna Fortune, author of 15-Minute Parenting, and highly experienced and qualified clinician in the field of psychotherapy, particularly in trauma recovery. Joanna provides some really practical advice for parents to manage stress, and useful ideas to help parenting in these really difficult times of lockdown, […]

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Ep.437 – Long Covid with Claire Twomey

We were delighted to be joined by Claire Twomey of covidcasesireland.ie on the impact the Covid virus is having on thousands of people way after that 14 day period. We discuss the lack of support, the Government response and the problems this is creating with employers. Listen in and maybe share with anyone who it might help. Follow @covidcasesirl Please […]

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Ep.60 – Fighting Inequality: A Global Struggle

This Reboot Republic is the first of the series in partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance – A global movement campaigning to end the excessive concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a small elite and achieve a just, equal and sustainable world. We are discussing what the inequality situation is around the world, the solutions, the global […]

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Ep.59 Re-opening Schools Safely – Listening to the Teachers

This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Angela Dunne, principal of Loughmore NS, Co Tipperary, and a representative of the National Principals’ Forum, Jana Lyons, Primary School Teacher and trade union activist, and Christopher Davey, Secondary School teacher and trade union activist. We discuss the need for the Department of Education to listen to educators and schools, those who actually deliver […]

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Ep.58 – Who is listening to us? Educators, parents & students in Lockdown

In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Ciara Reilly, Education Lecturer in Marino Institute of Education, and Professor Linda Connolly, Director of the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, about the state of education in the lockdown. We talk about the recent closure of schools and shift to on-line learning, the failures of the Department of Education and Government to seriously […]

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Tortoise Shack Live – The Mother and Baby Home Report

In this special episode we brought together experts, academics, activists and investigative journalists, to share their knowledge of the social history, the legal requirements, the standard of proof, the gathering of evidence, the construction of findings as well as issues of race and disability contained in the Mother and Baby Homes Report. We consider what could and should happen next […]

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