On Monday we recorded a podcast for our patreon supporters with Irish Times Journalist, Jack Power, around the most recent revelations contained in a report about the actions of the late Anthony Flynn and the charity he founded, Inner City Helping Homelessness. We’re putting it out on general release now. We discuss the details of the report, as well as […]
In this Reboot Republic, Rory (and Tony) are joined by An Rabharta Glas – Green Left Councillor in Cork City, Lorna Bogue and Researcher, Urban Geographer and An Rabharta Glas member, Michael Rafferty, to discuss their Party’s Housing Paper: Response to Housing for All Government announcement 2 September 2021. You can download it HERE. We discuss their plan that they […]
Sex isn’t just fun – its medicine and a way to heal from trauma. To explain how this works, I’m joined by Devi Ward Erickson who shares how tantra can help help people and taps into medicine, spirituality, pleasure, and the body in order to offer somatic therapy and healing for body and mind. Find Devi at authentictantra.com Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack […]
This week Martin and Tony were joined by panelists Shamim Malekmian of the Dublin Inquirer, Maria Delaney of Noteworthy, Prof Joe Haslam and we had great contributions from the wonderful Anne Marie Quilligan and the fairly okay Kevin Cunningham. Shamim told us about the gap in the legal aid system that is punishing immigrants in an already cruel system, Joe […]
Join us as we launch the second season of ConverSayTrans! In our first episode we talk to Amrou Al-Kadhi. Amrou is a well established writer who also performs drag under the pseudonym Glamrou. Taking all that you could call them a professional unicorn and in this glorious episodes we discuss their debut book – a memoir , Life as a […]
This Reboot Republic talks to student representatives from across the country about the student accommodation crisis which has been described as the worst this country has ever seen. We talk to Clare Austick, President of the Union of Students in Ireland, Róisín Nic Lochlainn of the NUIGalway SU, Aine Daly of Technical University for the Shannon, Rachel McCartney of Waterford […]
As the Dáil returns from the summer recess, we caught up with Social Democrats TD for West Cork and her Party spokesperson for Agriculture and Disability & Social Justice, Holly Cairns. We chat the Katherine Zappone appointment, the Soc Dems plans to tackle these insider deals, her plans for the new term (including the review into the Repeal legislation, the […]
Why Government Housing Policy is Inflating House Prices and Rents, with Mel Renolds This Reboot Republic talks to Architect and housing analyst, Mel Reynolds, about the current state of the Irish housing market, what will happen with prices and rents, why economists get it wrong with arguments around increased supply leading to reduced house prices. Mel analyses the Housing for […]