Cost Rental with Rita Fagan & Dr John Bisset

This podcast discusses an innovative solution to the housing crisis –cost rental housing – that is being proposed by the Our Community – A Better Way housing campaign and which Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy launched in Inchicore this week. Dr John Bisset (author of Regeneration – Public Good or Private Profit?) and Rita Fagan are two community workers based in […]

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Grace Dyas #OurValues Ep. 10

So much of our political discourse is dominated by statistics and financial jargon. Well our guest, writer, producer, a founder of Theatre Club and activist, Grace Dyas thinks we need a national conversation on more than numbers, we need to talk about our values. Grace makes the case, brilliantly, for a honest and open debate about who we are and […]

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Tom McDonnell #TheEconomyStupid Ep. 9

Economics is often called the dismal science. But our guest, Senior Economist at the Nevin Economic Research Institute, Tom McDonnell, is anything but. He gives us a lesson in economics for dummies (Groves) and outlines a way of building an economy that is both sustainable and inclusive. Turns out, the purpose of the economy is to serve society and not […]

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Hugh Brennan #BuildingCommunities Ep.6

The State are currently paying €365,000 to Private Developers for “Social Housing”. Our guest, Hugh Brennan, Co-Founder & CEO at O Cualann Cohousing Alliance CLG, can and has built top quality homes for half this price. He explains how the Co-Op Model aims to build communities and not just concrete jungles. This is a fascinating insight into what drives a person […]

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Leilani Farha #Right2Housing #MakeTheShift Ep. 5

It’s not everyday the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Housing, Leilani Farha, is in Dublin. So naturally we were delighted to sit down and get her views on the Irish Housing and Homelessness Crisis and its potential solutions. In her role, Leilani focuses economic inequality and she explains to the podcast why adequate housing is the doorway to human dignity. This […]

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June Tinsley #Lost Ep. 4

A lost child is every parents worst nightmare, yet everyday in Ireland we lose 1 in 7 children to poverty and neglect. June Tinsley, Head of Advocacy of Barnardos, explains to us the steps that our government can take to stop this and how spending only €250m will increase social and economic outcomes by a multiple of that amount. This […]

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Dr Mary Murphy & Prof Sean Ó Riain #NordicModels Ep.3

Why do we always hear the argument that we need to be more like the Nordic Countries? Well probably because they match the direction of their economies to meet the needs of their societies. So we are delighted to be joined by two towers of Irish Sociology and Political thinking, Dr Mary Murphy and Prof. Sean Ó Riain, to discuss […]

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Alice Mary Higgins #RepealedThe8th Ep. 2

We Repealed the 8th. But it’s good to remember how we got here and so we were absolutely thrilled to be joined by Independent Senator, activist and advocate for social and economic equality Alice Mary Higgins, who explodes the myths and misinformation around the referendum and explains why it was critical to us all, men and women, that we came […]

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