We are joined in the #TortoiseShack by People Before Profit TD, Paul Murphy. We discuss Paul’s move with ‘Rise’ to PBP and how ‘Rise’ remains a movement of ideas. We also chat about the left, the far left and the rhetoric in recent days. Paul explains how there is a gap for an eco-socialist party on the left and how […]
As you may have seen Green Party TD Patrick Costello has launched a High Court Challenge to the planned ratification of CETA. So of course we gave him a call. Patrick tells us why he believes the idea of giving powers to the Investor Dispute Courts may usurp the independence of our judiciary in the Constitution and why he feels […]
This Reboot Republic podcast is a special episode in partnership with the National Women’s Council of Ireland on the experiences of women with disabilities in Ireland as part of the Future is Feminist for International Women’s Day. Orla O Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council joins Rory to co-host the podcast with a panel from the NWCI women with […]
A Tortoise Shack supporter asked recently about Housing Prof Lorcan Sirr. So we called him up. Lorcan talks to us about the push by Developers and their acolytes for high-rise apartments and totally debunks the line that Ireland is way out of line with other European State. Example: EU Apartment Stock in Urban Areas is 40%, Dublin is 35.8%. Hardly […]
This Reboot Republic talks about the proposal for public housing on public land at the Oscar Traynor site, and the latest around the Land Development Agency with Labour Party Councillor Alison Gilliland, who is Chair of the Strategic Policy Committee on Housing for Dublin City Council, and to Councillor John Lyons, of independent left. They set out the new proposals […]
Squirting is very on trend at the moment, to say the least. But it’s not new, and it’s also something that you don’t have to do just because it’s really popular in porn. The Millennial Sexpert Javay da Bae is here to chat about pressures around squirting, why pleasure is not taught properly, vulnerability, and how to communicate desire around squirting and more. […]
In our 30th Live Sunday Special, Linda walked Martin, Vicky, James and Tony through the stories of the week and some things that slipped under the radar. We were joined by Eoin and Nita from Abolish Direct Provision and Dublin Lord Mayor, Hazel Chu (with a brief appearance by Mini-Mayor) to discuss the violent protests on the streets of Dublin, […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Breda O’Donoghue from the Travellers Visibility Group, based in Cork and Unite Trade Unionist, Brendan Ogle on the new report: Hungry Bellies Are Not Equal To Full Bellies, which is a response to an article by Pat Leahy “Ireland is becoming more unequal? Wrong” Irish Times Dec 5th 2020. Breda explains how […]