Getting a seat in the Seanad is never easy and particularly for independent candidates. So it is with great pleasure we welcome Ber Grogan to The Tortoise Shack. Ber is running as an independent candidate on the NUI Panel. With a decade of social justice activism, grassroot organising and successful campaigning under her belt, Ber has a lot to bring […]
On Wednesday the 27th March, Senator Ged Nash takes his Bogus Self Employment Bill to the next stage in the Seanad. In advance of that, we are delighted to have Senator Nash in the #TortoiseShack to discuss the governments illogical refusal to address what many see as wide scale social welfare fraud by employers. During recent meetings of the Committee […]
This latest Reboot Republic Podcast is with Tom Healy, Director of the Nevin Research institute & leading economist – we talk to him about his forthcoming book ‘An Ireland Worth Working For: Delivering the Democratic Programme a Century later’ and the concrete & visionary policies, solutions and changes required to make Ireland’s economy ensure a decent fair and dignified standard […]
The path to Brexit has not run smoothly. The House of Commons remains united in only that they all agree that that they can’t agree on anything. With that in mind, we took The Tortoise Shack on the road to the Soft Border for the Peaceful Futures South Armagh, Brexit & You Conference, to get a sense of what Brexit […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to author, campaigning journalist & gentleman- Frank McDonald. Frank is the former Environment Editor of The Irish Times and author of the books, Chaos at the Crossroads and The Builders. We talk to him about Dublin – the city it has become and his latest book, Truly Frank: A Dublin Memoir, published by Penguin. We […]
Persuasion is what I do, propaganda is what my opponent does. With this is mind we welcomed Activist, Audiologist and creator of leftbucket.com, Frank McGrath. Frank brings us on a journey about how we hear and why the €170m per year spent by our government on “communications” is an effective sales technique, but an inefficient way to govern. This is […]
This episode of the Reboot Republic talks (and debates!) the role of Fianna Fáil’s policies in causing the 2008 crash and subsequent period of austerity. Fianna Fail spokesperson for Housing, Planning and Local Government and TD for Dublin Fingal, Darragh O’Brien talks candidly about apologies, learning the lessons of the past, the current housing crisis, state-lead solutions and exclusively for […]
The New Public Housing Conference took place in Maynooth University on Wednesday, February 27th and we were lucky enough to be able to record throughout the day. Organised by our very own Rory Hearne, the day brought together academics, activists, stakeholders and politicians to discuss real solutions to the housing crisis. The first of these short talks that we are […]