Earlier in the week we caught up with Sinn Féin Leader, Mary Lou McDonald to talk about a tumultuous few months in Irish politics. We ask has this coalition of chaos made her a Lucky General, issues of bullying within Sinn Féin and our wider politics, the importation of US style attack ads and what an alternative government might look […]
In March of 2019, 4 hours after he was released from Garda custody for a public order offence, 20 year old Niall took his own life on the family farm. This week his mother, Johanna bravely and powerfully speaks to us about what kind of young man Niall was, the struggle they’ve had to find out from Gardaí what exactly […]
We are joined by Joan Byrne, one of the founders of the SAOL Project. Joan explains the origins and the phenomenal success of SAOL in empowering generations of women affected by substance abuse. We talk about the obstacles SAOL encountered along the way and how SAOL has always had the campaigning for women and by politically at its core. Joan […]
In this new side-series to Policed, Dr Vicky Conway will look at news and issues relating to policing, bringing expert perspectives and continuing to reflect on what this means for those who are policed. This will be available exclusively to our tortoise shack members going forward. In this episode Vicky is joined by Dr Michael Mulqueen, who is Professor of […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast discusses the need for an extension of the ban (moratorium) on evictions of tenants in the private rental sector that is currently in place during Level 5 COVID restrictions. We talk to John Mark McCafferty CEO of Threshold, Wayne Stanley Head of Communications and Policy at the Simon Communities and Rosemary Hennigan Policy Coordinator with Focus […]
Earlier Martin took the lead as we recorded the Tortoise Shack Sunday Special along with an audience of our supporters, and it was PACKED. Joining us to talk the Seamus Woulfe crisis, the SIPO debacle, the Oscar Traynor Road Site, Political Attack ads, Covid Christmas and Universal Basic Income were Constitutional and Electoral Law lecturer, Dr Jennifer Kavanagh, Sinn Féin […]
This Reboot Republic podcast looks at the issue of social and affordable housing and the use of public land for another Public Private Partnership – this time the Oscar Traynor site in North Dublin – and we ask is it a good deal? Dublin City Councillors are set to vote on the transfer of the public land to a private […]
This week, we speak to two teenagers, Orlaith and Brendan (not real names) about their experience of stop and search in a town in Donegal. Stop and search, while often a short, minor encounter, can have huge consequences and we see that in how these young people feel about the police. We know so little about stop and search in […]