Join Caroline on Glow West this week as campaigner Vicky Phelan shares her story of battling cervical cancer and the HSE. Vicky speaks about self care when diagnosed with a terminal illness, and why it is important to fight for the right to die with dignity. We also speak about media ethics and the risk of retraumatisation from having to […]
In this Reboot Republic episode Rory sits down author, Co-Founder of A Lust For Life and podcaster, Niall Breslin. They discuss the wellbeing movement, the importance of managing mental health, the need to stop labeling people and the need to meet people where they are at. Niall also speaks about how uncertainty breathes anxiety and how to address this. A […]
We are joined in the #TortoiseShack by Amy Hourigan, who is one of the workers who are known as ‘The Debenhams Workers’. Amy talks us through the sequence of events that led to the mass dismissal of Debenhams workers by email and the subsequent protests which led to workers being moved on and eventually arrested for their fight for a […]
Join Glow West this week as we have a fun romp through the world of self pleasure and orgasms with sex edutainment extraordinaire Dirty Lola. Lola talks about how to maximise your masturbation experience, from choosing a sex toy to how to find out what your body likes. Lola also covers the differences between explosive orgasms and more gentle ones, […]
In this two part episode we speak to family of Terence Wheelock, who died after falling ill in Garda custody in 2005. The family speak powerfully about what it was like to have a loved one die in such circumstances, and how they have been treated by the police since then as they have searched for answers. We also hear […]
In this, the first of our Pre-Budget specials, we talk about #COVID, the public health system and inequality to Dr Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, Clinical Lead on Inclusion Health at St James’ Hospital, Dr Sara Burke, Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Trinity College Dublin and Dr Maitiu O Tuathail, GP. This is a really engaging discussion that highlights the reality of […]
When we try to talk about Class we don’t often do a great job of defining what we mean. But our guest, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s Paul McKeon knows all about it. Paul, speaking in a personal capacity, talked to us about his own experiences growing up from a Traveller background in Dublin’s North Inner City and why […]
This Reboot Republic podcast talks to Orla Hegarty, Assistant Professor in the school of architecture and planning UCD. We discuss the housing crisis – its causes and solutions. Orla explains the need to create affordable and climate resilient neighbourhoods, and we ask why government after government continue subsidising the property industry to the detriment of real affordable housing. Finally Orla […]