As Ireland grapples with a second lockdown and our coalition government seem to be busier infighting than fixing our collapsing Contact Tracing system, we needed some optimism. So we called our friend in Lisbon, Deputy Vice Leader of the Partido Socialista, to ask what they were doing and is there a difference in how his Left Wing Government are handling […]
This week Linda Hayden of the PAC Woman Podcast took the helm and led Martin, Vicky, and roving reporter Caroline through some of the news of the week. Caroline was live outside the Diggers to show everybody our Hero of the week Tony Groves, as he finished the Dublin City Marathon and so completed #Run2020 with two months to spare. […]
It has been a tumultuous week that has seen Ireland’s legacy of Institutional Abuse come to the fore in both the public and political realm. On this crossover podcast, Dr Vicky Conway and Tony are joined by Senator Alice-Mary Higgins and Solicitor Simon McGarr to try and make sense of it all. The panel look at the legal, ethical and […]
In this Reboot Republic Podcast we talk to Prof Cliona Ni Chealaigh, Clinical lead Inclusion Health Service, Eileen Sweeney, Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Anthony O Connor, Consultant Tallaght Hospital, and Sinead McGarry, Social Worker. They explain how our hospitals and mental health system is coping with the impact of COVID and lockdowns, the reality facing patients in our mental health services, […]
As Ireland’s contact tracing system fails and we begin a second lockdown, we speak to China Policy and Regulatory expert, Dr Paul O’Brien, who is currently completing his mandatory 14 day quarantine in Shanghai, China. Paul explains how Covid-19 has been pursued and eliminated in most of the country, how the Government react when they have an outbreak and he […]
Dr Vicky Conway of the Policed in Ireland Podcast joined Tony to cohost a podcast with Actor, Writer, Director and Activist, Noelle Brown. Born in Bessborough and denied access to the information that most of us take for granted, Noelle explains how the State put barriers in front of her at every step of her life. This is a powerful […]
You may have read the crossover investigation between Noteworthy and the Business Post on the activities of Genuity Science. Long-time listeners would remember Simon McGarr discussing them under their former name Genomics Medicine Ireland. So we were delighted to be joined by two of the journalists behind this investigation, Maria Delaney and Killian Woods, for a really informative and at […]
This week Martin, Vicky, Linda and Tony were joined by Actor, Writer, Director and Adoption Rights Activist, Noelle Brown and Writer and Broadcaster, Dawn Foster to talk about the news of the week. We go into the missed oportunity that is Budget 2021, the Brexit No Deal iceberg ahead, Covid-19 and the levels, the ‘where’s our Jacinda Ardern?’ misinterpretation and […]