Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Last week following the airstrike on the Al Ahil Baptist Hospital, we spoke with Dr Refaat Alareer, who at the time said that he was lucky to be safe at home with provisions of food and a generator to get electricity. That was at least until two Israeli missiles turned his, and his family’s world […]
Please support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Reducing the Trauma of Homeless with DePaul In this podcast Rory talks to Niamh Thornton and John Dermody from DePaul who are senior service managers working in homelessness services. Niamh talks about the specific experiences of women in homelessness, with one woman describing it as ‘being stripped of her motherhood’, and how De Paul work […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hey folks, a big thank you to you all for being part of this little community you have all helped to build. Without you there is no shack and there are no nights like last This! This is actually part 3 of the recent Sugar Club Live show and features a brilliant conversation between Aoife […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast Rory talks with artist Alison Byrne about her Glass Art Installation ; Hidden Homelessness: exploring the housing crisis in Ireland. Through an evocative arrangement of 12 small glass houses, this thought-provoking artwork gives expression to the pressing issue of hidden homelessness in Ireland and its impact on individuals, couples, and families forced […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Shrapnel presents Fragments – a new series of intermittent one-off episodes where Sam and Gareth answer questions about the past, present and future in Northern Ireland posed by you, our members, listeners and followers. It’ll be available in the regular Shrapnel podcast feed on all streaming platforms. Get your questions in for the next episode […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack There are no words to describe the awful collective punishment that continues to be dished out by the Netanyahu government on the citizens of Gaza. But we continue to try highlight them with people on the ground whenever possible. Rejoining us now is 21 year English Literature student, Afaf Al Najjar, and she tells us […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Claire Mitchell is a writer and researcher from Belfast. Her recent book The Ghost Limb was published in 2022 to critical acclaim. In this episode Claire chats to the lads about the book, the spirit of 1798 and the United Irishmen, her work with Billy Mitchell and progressive loyalism in the early 00s and the […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The world watched in horror as videos emerged of the carnage wreaked by a missile on the Al Ahil Baptist Hospital. With reports of over 500 dead, the fog of war quickly descended in what are attempts to shift the blame. Some of the media have decided, rather than investigate, to both-sides it. We have […]