Our guest in the tortoise shack is Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle. Thomas tells us about his Bill to implement the UN International Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which he is bringing to the floor of the Dáil tomorrow. That Ireland hasn’t implemented this already is wrong. That several TD’s who supported it last year when in […]
In this the third of the special Reboot Republic Podcasts in partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance – a global movement campaigning to achieve a just, equal and sustainable world, I am joined by Jenny Ricks, the Global Convenor of the Fight Inequality Alliance. We discuss the Oxfam Inequality Virus Report, about how COVID has supercharged inequality, with the wealthy […]
We just finished another Sunday Special and this week we were joined by friend of the shack, Saoirse McHugh. We talked Leo the Leak, the (not so) Green’s taking another run at ratifying CETA, Ireland as an official tax haven, Zero Covid and what is really disproportionate, the US inauguration and the Russian protests. We then opened the mics up […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Dr Anne M Doherty, a consultant liaison psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital and associate professor of psychiatry at UCD. She is also chair of the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. Dr Doherty outlines why she wrote a recent article for the Journal.ie ‘Emergency Departments are ground zero, for […]
We were delighted to be re-joined in the tortoise shack by DCU Professor Anthony Staines, for a short podcast to discuss all things Covid and the public support for the pursuit of a Zero Covid strategy. Anthony gives some excellent insights into vaccine efficacy, border management and the need for the politicians to catch-up with the general public. Enjoy and […]
In this episode we hear from Isreal about his experiences as a young Black man in Ireland. You’ll also hear from Dr James Carr of the University of Limerick, who has done significant research on issues of race and policing and Bashir Otukoya, Asst Professor of Law in DCU and a member of the Government’s Anti-Racism Committee. We are deliberately […]
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 […]
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, […]