In this new side-series to Policed, Dr Vicky Conway will look at news and issues relating to policing, bringing expert perspectives and continuing to reflect on what this means for those who are policed. This will be available exclusively to our tortoise shack members going forward. In this episode Vicky is joined by Dr Michael Mulqueen, who is Professor of […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast discusses the need for an extension of the ban (moratorium) on evictions of tenants in the private rental sector that is currently in place during Level 5 COVID restrictions. We talk to John Mark McCafferty CEO of Threshold, Wayne Stanley Head of Communications and Policy at the Simon Communities and Rosemary Hennigan Policy Coordinator with Focus […]
Joining Caroline this week is sex educator Marla Stewart who is here to chat to us about the art of flirting. Marla gives advice on how to increase your confidence before and during flirting, and how to increase your chances of success when sliding into DMs. Practice for when we can flirt with strangers in bars again! Join: patreon.com/tortoiseshack << Back […]
Earlier Martin took the lead as we recorded the Tortoise Shack Sunday Special along with an audience of our supporters, and it was PACKED. Joining us to talk the Seamus Woulfe crisis, the SIPO debacle, the Oscar Traynor Road Site, Political Attack ads, Covid Christmas and Universal Basic Income were Constitutional and Electoral Law lecturer, Dr Jennifer Kavanagh, Sinn Féin […]
This Reboot Republic podcast looks at the issue of social and affordable housing and the use of public land for another Public Private Partnership – this time the Oscar Traynor site in North Dublin – and we ask is it a good deal? Dublin City Councillors are set to vote on the transfer of the public land to a private […]
This week, we speak to two teenagers, Orlaith and Brendan (not real names) about their experience of stop and search in a town in Donegal. Stop and search, while often a short, minor encounter, can have huge consequences and we see that in how these young people feel about the police. We know so little about stop and search in […]
We do regular short Tortoise Shack member only podcasts that are (whisper it) behind the paywall. But today’s was a bit different. We discussed the ‘no confidence’ vote, the ugly Trump style politics, the Seamus Woulfe debacle and the incompetence of continuing with the current housing policies. But seeing as it is our 400th Episode we’ve made that free to […]
Our guest is retired (more on that on the podcast) Prison Officer, Noel McGree, who refused to turn a blind eye to the corruption he saw in the Prison Service. He followed procedure, followed the rules and has suffered greatly for it. This is a shocking podcast but even more shocking is the daily harassment and abuse Noel and his […]