Author Archive: The Tortoise Shack

870. Modernising Healthcare with Laura Durcan

It was great to be rejoined for the first time in a while by Hospital Consultant, Rheumatologist and eternal optimist, Dr Laura Durcan. We talked about the current health of our hospitals, the staff shortages impacting, the NCHD’s demands for better terms and conditions and the desperate need to modernise our healthcare. Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_870a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play […]

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15. Connection

Join the girls this week as they catch up and hear all about Benita’s trip to Zimbabwe. They delve into the realities of boarding school in the Motherland, our connection to our different cultures and the importance of manifestation and trusting the process. Trigger Warning: Mentions of sexual assault Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/built-different/media.blubrry.com/built_different_podcast/content.blubrry.com/built_different_podcast/built_diff_ep15.mp3Podcast (built-different): Play in new window | […]

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877. Kites, Fights and Spider Bites

This week Mr Election Projections, Harry McEvansoneya, Social Justice Ireland Economic Analyst, Colette Bennett and Sinn Féin Senator, Lynn Boylan joined us to talk all about the week that was and some of what is up ahead. We discuss the tragic events in Tallaght, Ballymun’s Recovery Month, Social Justice Ireland take on the Budget leaks, Cost of Living, the latest […]

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867. Enough is Enough with Grace Blakeley

It was a pleasure to be joined by economist, author and writer, Grace Blakeley. We talked about the cost of living crisis and it has led to the Enough is Enough campaign that is gaining real momentum in the UK. Grace talks about why she works to make economic jargon accessible and why lifting the fog of academic speak helps […]

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3. Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson is the son of the late SDLP politician Senator Paddy Wilson. Senator Wilson and his Protestant friend Irene Andrews were brutally murdered by the UFF in June 1973. In this episode Paul talks about growing up as the son of a politician as the Troubles exploded, his experiences of sectarianism, the profound dangers of toxic political rhetoric both […]

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873. Mother and Baby Home Survivors Betrayed Again

When news broke in the Irish Examiner that the promised independent review of testimony given by mother and baby home survivors had been ditched by the Government, our hearts sank. Long-time listeners would know our guest, actor, writer and Mother and Baby Home survivor, Noelle Brown. She rejoined us to talk about this latest betrayal and the series of lies […]

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872. Problems In Common

This packed Tortoise Shack Live Show featured a fantastic panel of Dublin Inquirer journalist, Shamim Malekmian, Shrapnel co-host, Sam Mcilwaine, Dr Arsalan Shahid and Threshold’s legal officer, Gavin Elliot. We talked about the end of the Robert Troy saga, the report into St John’s Ambulance by Geoffrey Shannon and how the Traveller budget story fell swiftly out of the headlines. […]

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