Ireland’s Human Rights Failures – How long will we accept this for?

This Reboot Republic Podcast is a special podcast discussing the recent report “Monitoring Adequate Housing in Ireland”, published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) which outlines that lone parents and their children account for 53 per cent of all homeless families, and are much more likely to experience poor housing […]

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620. European Enforcement Paralysis

Joining us to discuss the new and shocking report from the Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) is Senior Fellow and whistleblower, Johnny Ryan. Johnny explains how the report reveals Ireland is a bottleneck for Data Protection Cases, and as a result is holding up most of the EU, which means our individual data remains up for grabs. He outlines […]

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Personal Ads and Pineapple Parties: Ep 96

The history of dating is a wild ride from personal ads that ‘proper’ women could write but not be seen to write, to swinger parties in the 1970s. Joining me to discuss the history- and future- of dating apps is journalist and author Nichi Hodgson. Nichi’s book ‘The Curious History of Dating’ covers the progression of dating norms and quirks from the 1700s […]

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S.2 Ep.2: Sunday Special – The Tortoise Shack Think-In

This week Vicky, Martin and Tony were joined by Head of Religions, Senior Lecturer in UCC, Amanullah De Sondy, Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor of Longford, Uruemu Adejinmi, Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya and Senior Pharmacist (Cancer Services) au UHW, DJ Walsh, for what was a brilliant conversation. We discussed the polls, how Slaintecare is being sidelined and the predominantly white voices […]

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148. Housing For All: The Fianna Fáil view

Fianna Fáil TD, Paul McAuliffe, joined us to discuss his party’s plan: Housing For All. We talk about the right to housing that is in and isn’t in the plan, the lack of curbs on investor funds, the positives of the plan and we ask if it is a missed opportunity. We also discuss the blockers within government, Fine Gael […]

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Another Way: Covid Revisionism with Niall Conroy

Martin and Rory were joined in the Tortoise Shack by Consultant Public Health Physician in Australia and a Senior Lecturer, Niall Conroy. We discuss recent Irish news articles suggesting that New Zealand and Australia have followed an incorrect approach to managing Covid and what that means in reality. We also discuss vaccine distribution world wide and the implications for the […]

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Queer Dick Pics and Dating Apps : Ep 95

Is a dick pic perceived the same way for queer people using dating apps? How do we view digital sexual violence and digital consent? Joining me to explore these topics is Dr. Chris Dietzel who completed his PhD on how LGBT+ people use dating apps and how they explore consent and pleasure on the apps. Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack << […]

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