Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack So far the Israeli Defense Forces attack on the West Bank camp of Jenin has killed 10 people and injured at least 50 more. We’ve also witnessed attacks on medical treatment facilities and people’s homes; make no mistake, these are war crimes. Rejoining us is journalist Mahmoud Mustaha and he explains what is happening, what […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack As the world watched the incompetent Wagner coup fall apart, we were also trashing around for insights on what it all meant. One person who preached caution and less hyperbole was Economics Professor, Russian-Irish man and tortoise shack regular, Constantin Gurdgiev. He rejoins us to talk about the implications for Putin, Wagner “CEO” Yevgeni Progozhin, […]
Please join us for lots of exclusives at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Note: Recorded June 19th for members) In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Dean Scurry, community activist in Ballymun and co-organiser of the Apollo House occupation, about Dean’s innovative work responding to the rise in anti-refugee protests. Dean went and spoke to asylum seekers and homeless sleeping in tents, and to […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We’ve ended up doing an accidental economic series within a series and what better way to wrap it up than with Head of Economics in UL, Stephen Kinsella. We discuss the President’s comments and why Stephen robustly disagrees, how he teaches economics and the differences between the economics in colleges and the much of the […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory speaks with Senator Eileen Flynn and Dr Seamus Taylor of the Department of Applied Social Studies Maynooth about the Hate Crime Bill which is progressing through the Dail and Seanad currently. Seamus and Eileen explain why it is important in making it clear that hate crime is not acceptable in […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack A few months ago we spoke with schoolteacher, podcaster and sound out Corkonian, Padraig Wilson McCarthy, about the fact that the rents he was seeing in Dublin were more than his monthly salary. Lots of you said that we needed to get him back on. So here he is. We talk about Pride as protest […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Lorraine from the Muslim Sisters of Eire, who are doing trojan work providing hot meals to those who need it on the streets of Dublin, and also working to support integration and tackle racism. We discuss the on-going cost of living crisis, what they are seeing in terms […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The budget talk is like the Brown Thomas Christmas Shop, it gets earlier every year. Joining us to discuss the kites flown by government and what should really be done, is Economist and Researcher with Social Justice Ireland, Colette Bennett. We also discuss the recent protests in communities that have been under-resourced for decades and […]