Friend of the pod, tortoise shack royalty and solicitor acting for Digital Rights Ireland joined us to discuss the first even Mass Action under GDPR in reaction to the revelation that 533 million Facebook users (about 1 mil in Ireland alone) have had their data placed on a file that was misused for criminal purposes. To see if you are […]
On Friday the 9th of April, we held a Live Reboot Republic Podcast with an audience of tortoise shack supporters. Senator Lynn Ruane joined Rory to interview a panel of brilliant in guests. The entire show was over 2hrs and 30mins long and is available in full on our consolidated patreon feed (join us here. But for you non-members here’s […]
IBSA is a very common problem in Ireland unfortunately, and we are still understanding the scale of this form of violence. This episode is a hard listen as we cover Roísín Nic Lochlainn’s story about being a victim of image based abuse by her peers. Roísín discusses the impact this had on her life, her family, and her social life, and […]
We just finished recording our Live Sunday Special. Martin and I were joined by investigative journalist with Noteworthy, Maria Delaney to discuss her recent story about the ongoing Valproate scandal. Full story HERE We were also joined by Dr Sharon Lambert, but unfortunately we had some WiFi issues! We discussed the shrinking bank market, tax haven Ireland, public servant pay […]
It was great to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by aspiring lawyer and human rights activist, Ibrahim Halawa. We just wish it was under different circumstances. Ibrahim tells us about Ayman Moussa, who was arrested in Oct 2013 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Ibrahim describes the young bright and academically and athletically accomplished man he met […]
For this week’s episode we are joined by This is Me founder and Community Aid Officer with TENI, Noah Halpin. Noah brings a sculpture made from his first testotserone injection and talks about everything from his love of plants to some of his cultural experiences from living in Asia. www.thestairlingscollective.com. Sound, Editing and Production by @jordanhearns. Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack
This Reboot Republic podcast talks to a panel of special needs assistants, teachers, and early years educators. Rory is joined by guest co-host Jana Lyons, primary teacher and trade union activist. They talk with Carol McSherry, Equality Officer in Forsa Union, SNAs Speak Out, Linda O Sullivan, SNA and Co founder SNA advocacy Group, Deborah Reynolds, Early Childhood Teacher, Galway […]
We were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by Press Secretary of the US based Debt Collective, Braxton Bevington. We discussed the origins of the movement, the current debt strike and the ambitions for the collective that go beyond their campaign to get President Joe Biden to cancel student debt. We also discuss how the debt cancellation would […]