Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this very special live podcast Martin outlines how the “gig economy” was concocted to reduce costs for certain employers and reduce benefits for workers. He explains the 25 year journey he’s been on to expose the illegal practices that underpin the Bogus Self Employment system and how very recently himself and Matt McGranaghan won […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this in-depth podcast Martin and Tony speak with Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin, about his plan to help fix our broken housing system. We parse/debate/dig into the 112/109 pages in detail and delve into whether it is, as Eoin suggests, a radical plan or just more business as usual. Talking everything from […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast Rory talks to Dr Tom McDonnell, Director of the Nevin Economics Research Institute, about the state of the Irish economy, and the upcoming Budget, why it is wrong to frame it as a ‘give-away’ budget, how we have record economic growth and yet deprivation has increased to 17%, why the Budget should […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Malak Mattar is an artist from Gaza, known for her incredibly colorful paintings. She is now struggling to paint the Gaza that she knew. That Gaza is no more, and for this reason, Malak wants to document what she knew, having left on October 5, 2023. For her, documentation, baring witness and her art is […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Shortly after the European Court of Justice ruled that the Irish State had given illegal state aid to Appple, via what was a sweetheart tax evasion scheme, we spoke with one of the people who has being covering this and studying tax, tax justice, corporate power and its impact on democracy, UCD’s Assoc Prof Aidan […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Louise Bayliss, Advocacy and Campaigns Coordinator with Focus Ireland. The latest homelessness figures show that we have the highest recorded homeless in Ireland, with the number of children homeless with their families at 4,401 children, an 87% increase since the Governments plan Housing For All in 2021. We […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Editors note: Tony misquotes In this tortoise shack exclusive, Roman Shortall and Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch rejoin us to discuss what has been revealed by their reporting into the transfer of US weapons to Israel through Irish Airspace. We discuss the mainstream reaction and how the framing has been unhelpful in informing the public […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr. Mohammed H. Alaqad is a distinguished academic from Gaza, now based in Malaysia. In the Autumn of 2023 he went to visit home after 14 years of being away. Having received a red carpet reception by family and friends, he wanted most for his wife and kids to meet his extended family, including his […]