Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Financial Times recently covered the “extraordinary” steps the Spanish government were taking to tackle their housing crisis. But are they as good as advertised and what, if anything, can Ireland learn from them? Joining us to discuss this and the political polarisation in Spain are Madrid-based journalist, Eoghan Gilmartin and tortoise shack regular Prof […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Note: Released Weds May 17th) Until yesterday our guest, Karen Sugrue, was best known for as an Reproductive Healthcare Activist and an organiser with Together For Safety. What you didn’t know was that she had been successfully sued by Iona Institute CEO, David Quinn, for a defamatory tweet, for which Mr. Quinn received €8,000. Karen […]
Help us keep the mics on by joining us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Martin has been rather fatalistic lately about the climate crisis. So rather than wallow alone we invited campaigning journalist for climate action, John Gibbons, so they could get all doomsday‘d together. John outlines the very real climate changes that are happening now and the ways they are making life […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode of Reboot Republic, Rory and Tony are joined by music producer and artist Meryl Streek, to discuss the inspiration and motivation behind his music, and his latest single “If this is life then I don’t want it”, which is released today (May 16th). This single is a reaction to the housing crisis […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Did you know that the IDA have paid almost ten million euro of our money to a company that is pumping billions into fossil fuels? It’s true. Citigroup are the second biggest financers of the fossil fuel industry in the world and they are tap, tap, tapping away in Dublin, only the destruction is in […]
Please Join Us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Within the text of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement there is provision for engagement with civic society, intended to foster better understanding between communities and to act as a much-needed mechanism for broadening political engagement through a Civic Forum to promote participative democracy. The Civic Forum was a consultative mechanism on social, economic, and cultural issues […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack A gendered and inequality analysis of Climate Issues and Policy In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Vanessa Conroy, a tutor and researcher in the Department of Applied Social Studies in Maynooth about Climate policies, action and inequality. Vanessa outlines her research on a gendered analysis of Climate policy and highlights the need to take […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ireland is experiencing an economic boom that would make Jeff Bezos blush, yet we’re increasing the working poor at Ebenezer Scrooge percent. What gives? Joining us to talk about the need to move away from a failing wealth redistribution model towards a more equal pre-distribution future is UCD’s Associate Professor, Aidan Regan. Enjoy! The Trial […]