Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast we are joined by two-term Senator (looking to be reelected on the NUI Panel) Alice-Mary Higgins. We talk about her work in scrutinising, amending and improving legislation, her determination to put society and environment before market interests in our political decision making process and her ambition to work for better international outcomes […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this PalCast, host Helena Cobban and producer Tony Groves turn the tables on new father (congratulations) and PalCast’s resident expert, Yousef Aljamal by asking him to explain what is happening since the ceasefire was agreed, what it means on the ground and what Gaza needs now from the international community. We also talk about […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoise shack Ballymun native, Celine Burke, aka Lily, talks about her experiences with anxiety and severe agoraphobia during her teens and how she navigated her way out to the other side. Come on the journey. The Dáil Chaos Podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-120553023 https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3816464/content.blubrry.com/3816464/sparks_will_fly_ep8.mp3Podcast (tortoiseshack-ie-sparks_will_fly): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:29:15 — 84.1MB) | […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast housing expert and lecturer, Dr Lorcan Sirr, joins us to talk about the housing bubble in the affordable housing market, the issue of homelessness as an acceptable feature (and not a bug) of the current market and so much more. I’d argue this is as good a ‘The State of Housing Going […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this pre-inauguration podcast, US-based professor of economics, Constantin Gurdgiev, rejoins us to talk Trump 2.0, the Tariff wars, housing inequality as the key driver of political polarisation in both the US and Ireland, the fires that swept California and what, if any, impact Ireland passing the Occupied Territories Bill will have on our economy. […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack As reports of a ceasefire deal are emerging, we are joined on the PalCast by a very special guest, Dr Ayesha Khan, who is an Emergency Medicine physician. Dr Khan has recently returned from Gaza, where she worked in trying to hold together the crumbling medical facilities. This is a first-person account of the reality […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this tortoise shack exclusive we reveal that RTE Director General, Kevin Bakhurst told staff at a townhall meeting last year that despite acknowledging their rogue employer practices, RTE cannot repay them what they are entitled to because that would “bankrupt them overnight.” Not only do we reveal it, but on this podcast we play […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack “Powerful stuff.” “Raw, brave and beautiful.” “The sickest joke was the price of the medicine.” Just some of the praise for this special episode of Sparks Will Fly, where Ray is joined by his Fresh Batch cohost and lifelong friend, Dean Scurry. It’s all love. Please listen in. Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/ireland/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ Support Dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/117612489 https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/media.blubrry.com/3816464/content.blubrry.com/3816464/sparks_will_fly_ep7.mp3Podcast […]