495. The Beacon Hospital Vaccine Controversy with Craig Hughes

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you will have heard that the Beacon Hospital gave “excess” vaccines to the teachers of a private school that just happens to be attended by that same hospital’s CEO’s Michael Cullen’s children. So we were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by the journalist who broke the story, Political Correspondent with […]

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Ep.494 – The Seanad By-Election with Ciarán Ahern

It was a pleasure to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by Labour candidate for the upcoming Seanad by-election, Ciarán Ahern. We discussed his last 12/15 months, from getting married to running as a first time candidate in GE 2020 and now putting himself forward in the closed voting shop that is the Seanad by-election. He outlines his reasons for […]

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93. A Strategy for COVID with Prof Aoife McLysaght

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said yesterday that he wants to see “tougher interrogation” of Zero Covid advocates on exactly what they want. So in this Reboot Republic we talk to Professor in Genetics in Trinity College Dublin, Aoife McLysaght, we about the latest rising figures of COVID 19, what is likely to happen on the basis of the current approach, and […]

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491. The EU vs UK, Covid & More with Shona Murray

We were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by Europe Correspondent for Euro News, Shona Murray. We talked Covid and the EU response, the breakdown of EU/UK relations and the vaccine rollout. Shona tells us about the EU relief fund and how Ireland’s impressive GDP numbers haven’t gone unnoticed in many EU States. This is a great insight […]

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92. Tax Avoidance & Gender Inequality

This is our second in partnership with the Nobel Peace prize nominated, Global Alliance for Tax Justice. We are joined from Nairobi by Caroline Othim, the Global Campaigns and Policy Coordinator Africa for the Global Alliance for Tax Justice and co-chair of their working group on tax and gender Caroline is an expert in policy analysis, tax justice and gender […]

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Sex Work Spectrums: Ep 63

Sex work takes a lot of different forms, and this week sex worker and educator Andre Shatki is here to talk us through her experiences. From wrestling to stripping, Andre takes us through what the working conditions are like, the realities of the job, and how we can support and protect sex workers – because someone you love is a […]

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86. Its More Lockdowns or Zero Covid

This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Dr Julien Mercille, of the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG) about the inadequacies of current Government measures to suppress COVID 19. Julien outlines that vaccination roll out will take many months, and therefore without a Zero Covid strategy more lockdowns are inevitable. Julien explains what is in a Zero Covid strategy that can work […]

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Sunday Special #34 with Dr Sindy Joyce

This week Martin took James Leonard of the Two Norries, Hannah McCarthy from the upcoming Réwind Podcast, Dr Sindy Joyce and myself through some of the stories of the week. Sindy spoke at length about the societal normalisation of anti-Traveller racisms and brilliantly outlined how it is an issue across the political spectrum. We also discussed issues around Trans rights, […]

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