Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode, Niamh talks with Órla O’Donovan, senior lecturer at the Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork. Órla is part of a collective working on a project called ‘Living Well with the Dead in Contemporary Ireland’. The project aims to develop new ways of thinking about, researching and responding to human remains, especially […]
This week’s episode is a bit different, it’s a live recording of a show we did for the Ballymun Wellfest. In this episode we talk about mental health, how we handle our mental health and the importance of therapy for POCs. We are very honoured to be given a segment and we had a great time meeting everyone who were […]
I watched the wonderful new film North Circular and was left with the sense that we’ve never had such a love letter written to the darkness that envelopes the road that runs through the spine of Dublin. Joining me to talk about it is the films maker, Luke McManus. We discuss the themes of holding firm to ghosts of the […]
Ed Spence is the nephew of Gusty Spence. In the late 1960s Ed, along with his father Billy, campaigned for the release of Gusty Spence who maintained his innocence against a murder charge. When the Northern Ireland conflict began to escalate Ed and Billy started a Loyalist prisoners welfare association called The Orange Cross. In this episode of Shrapnel, Ed […]
Last week the UK’s Supreme Court dealt a blow to those who are seeking Scottish independence. Our guest today, Prof Richard Murphy, outlines the judgement and why it’s not quite the end of the road. We also discuss the UK property market correction/crash, consumer spending deflation, Empires in decline and how car finance is a bellwether for the publics financial […]
In this Reboot Republic, I chat with Grace Dyas, artist, activist, writer, director, producer and performer. Grace explains her newest film installation, A Mary Magdalene Experience. We chat and digress about the cult of saviours, egos, social change, housing and the neoliberal religion, social housing and how can we create a value shift and change housing through a right to […]
The Tanaiste has taken a lot of criticism for his comments about young people finding things just as bad should they emigrate. And deservedly so. But our guest today is Primary School Teacher, Podcaster and Cork man in Dublin, Padraig Wilson McCarthy, and he’s part of the generation who are watching their ability to live a life less ordinary stifled […]
Content Warning: This podcast discusses subject matter that some listeners may find disturbing. This Reboot Republic talks to Kelly Ann Byrne, about her experience of being homeless with her children, her own childhood trauma and growing up in care, and the central importance of home, and support services like Focus Ireland. Kelly Ann is a Focus Ireland Lived Experience Ambassador. […]