Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Workers Rights Champions, Matt McGranaghan and Martin McMahon discuss the An Post Bogus self-employment case that is dragging along (delayed again) in the High Court. This is potentially another seismic case on the abuse of employment status by yet another semi-state business. The historic nature of the (alleged?) wrongdoing means that An Post has everything […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ruwaida Amer is an award winning film-maker and producer from Gaza, yet she trained as a teacher. War has a way of turning everything upside down. She now dedicates her time to telling the stories of people in Gaza and the children who she cares deeply for. She joins us to speak about how the […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic Rory and Tony take a critical eye to the big issues of the week discussing Rorys idea on a state savings scheme to build affordable homes, the emotional pain of Gaza and solidarity, what does the latest poll tell us about the state of the parties and how the government is […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack “Disappointed my concerns have been compounded by Govts misrepresentation. They claim no dissent was raised, yet multiple voices spoke in favour of removing the Traveller committee from d’Hondt. This erasure of support mirrors the disregard for Traveller voices in their decision.” Senator Eileen Flynn, April 14th 2025. When our guest, Senator Eillen Flynn, wrote this […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We’ve been desperately disappointed by the mainstream western coverage of the genocide in Gaza since it began over 559 days ago. So when we read the piece Omissions, caveats and false balance: How media is failing Palestinians, the international order and our profession, by reporter with The Currency, Niall Sargent, it felt like FINALLY! The […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Echo Chamber Podcast we are rejoined by economist with NERI, Ciarán Nugent to discuss the Trump Tariffs, our Pharma vulnerability, the potential impacts on the tax haven and killing false economic narratives like “austerity saved the economy.” Senator Eileen Flynn podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-126781341 Donate to Dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-to-126186702 https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_1445a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This week I have my mate Ro Byrne with me in the (wall to wall communist) shack. Ro was the guitarist with Dublin band Lir and one of my firm firm favourites Earthquake Hair. We chat about the magic of music, ups, downs and lots more. https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3816464/content.blubrry.com/3816464/sparks_will_fly_ep17_.mp3Podcast (tortoiseshack-ie-sparks_will_fly): Play in new window | Download (Duration: […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Echo Chamber Podcast we have something very rare for you all. Apparently it’s called “good news.” We won’t spoil it. We’ll let Technological University Dublin (TUD) lecturer Dr Ciarán O’Carroll do that. Kidding COC, thank you for all you have done! The Austerity Agenda podcast with economist Ciarán Nugent is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-126205978 […]