This week Tony, Linda, Martin and Caroline talked about the upcoming #Budget2021 and why our Dept of Finance is trapped in a 1920’s mindset, how the laws around Sex Work continue to make things unsafe for the workers themselves and the 5yr anniversary of the Carrickmines Fire tragedy. We were also joined by UCD’s Orla Hegarty to talk Covid-19’s airborne […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Mark Smyth, the President of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Fiona Coyle, CEO of Mental Health Reform, and Ciara O Connor Walsh, Director of Lust for Life. We talk about how the COVID pandemic has impacted our mental health as people and across society. It also how inequality impacts on mental health outcomes from […]
This is the shortened version of a podcast we recorded for patrons only earlier today. It was a pleasure to be joined again by Professor Anthony Staines, post his Flu Vaccine jab, to talk about the current Living with Covid strategy, what the next 12mths might look like under this policy and the debate we aren’t having about changing course. […]
In this podcast we talk to housing experts and advocates about what measures should be introduced in the coming Budget 2021 to protect tenants and provide social and affordable housing. The Government allocated 2.6bn to spending on housing in last year’s Budget. This is just 3% of total Government expenditure. Is it time to prioritise housing? We are joined by […]
This is part two of the story of Osgur Breatnach, who was wrongfully convicted in 1978 of the Sallins Mail Train Robbery. In this episode we hear about his trials and conviction before the Special Criminal Court. Dr Fergal Davis helps us understand the controversies of that court. We hear of Osgur’s time in prison and the campaign for this […]
As part of our Budget coverage in this Reboot Republic Podcast we talk to the General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), Phil Ni Sheaghdha, about the difficulties of nursing in a pandemic, the lack of staff and the physical and mental health impacts all of this has on nurses. We talk about the need for additional […]
No matter what way you look at it, the class of 2020 got a raw deal. To discuss this and a lot more we are joined by the President of the Union of Students in Ireland, Lorna Fitzpatrick. We ask what the college experience looks like in a Covid-19 world. Lorna outlines the challenges facing both students and faculty as […]
This Reboot Republic podcast talks to homelessness campaigner, Fr Peter McVerry. He explains how COVID has impacted on homelessness, with some positives finding housing freed up from Air BnB, but also negatives, with increased isolation of those who are homeless as drop-in services have had to shut. He explains why lifting of the eviction ban was a mistake and argues […]