In this episode we hear from Isreal about his experiences as a young Black man in Ireland. You’ll also hear from Dr James Carr of the University of Limerick, who has done significant research on issues of race and policing and Bashir Otukoya, Asst Professor of Law in DCU and a member of the Government’s Anti-Racism Committee. We are deliberately […]
This Reboot Republic is the second in partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance – A global movement organising global protests against inequality to coincide with the global elite annual Davos meeting (this year being held online) from the 23rd to 30th January. We are joined today by three inspiring inequality activists from across the world including: Antonia Wanjiku Musunga, National […]
In our third Surviving Parenting in Lockdown podcast I am delighted to be joined by Joanna Fortune, author of 15-Minute Parenting, and highly experienced and qualified clinician in the field of psychotherapy, particularly in trauma recovery. Joanna provides some really practical advice for parents to manage stress, and useful ideas to help parenting in these really difficult times of lockdown, […]
We were delighted to be joined by Claire Twomey of covidcasesireland.ie on the impact the Covid virus is having on thousands of people way after that 14 day period. We discuss the lack of support, the Government response and the problems this is creating with employers. Listen in and maybe share with anyone who it might help. Follow @covidcasesirl Please […]
This Reboot Republic is the first of the series in partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance – A global movement campaigning to end the excessive concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a small elite and achieve a just, equal and sustainable world. We are discussing what the inequality situation is around the world, the solutions, the global […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Angela Dunne, principal of Loughmore NS, Co Tipperary, and a representative of the National Principals’ Forum, Jana Lyons, Primary School Teacher and trade union activist, and Christopher Davey, Secondary School teacher and trade union activist. We discuss the need for the Department of Education to listen to educators and schools, those who actually deliver […]
It was a pleasure to be joined in The Tortoise Shack by Colm Byrne, Director of Development with seebeyondborders.org. Colm is living in Cambodia since 2014 and has made it his home. He talks about the people, the country and the crucial work the NGO he’s dedicated to does in trying to lift educational attainment rates. This is a fascinating […]
In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Ciara Reilly, Education Lecturer in Marino Institute of Education, and Professor Linda Connolly, Director of the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, about the state of education in the lockdown. We talk about the recent closure of schools and shift to on-line learning, the failures of the Department of Education and Government to seriously […]