A bit different today. We go through some of the marginal seats and call on you to transfer to the Left candidate in order to maximise the broad Left vote. Then we talk about defeating Project Fear with Project Hope. Finally, we are joined again on the line by Vice Deputy Leader of the Socialist Party in Portugal, Joao Pina, […]
In our second podcast of the day we talk about why the teacher’s strike, the early childhood educators march and a bed beside a toilet for €425 per week are all related. This is the election where we say we enough. Equal pay for equal work, pay people a living wage and make housing safe and affordable! Then we are […]
Change is scary, but not as scary as we’re been told it is. We discuss Project Fear and what you can do to get the vote out this Saturday, Project Hope! Then Associate Professor with the IE School of Global & Public Affairs at IE University in Madrid, Joe Haslam, joins us to talk about how a broad Left Unity […]
When your landlord serves you with an eviction notice, telling him that you bought into project fear and voted against a change won’t save you from being evicted. This election is about the here and now, the homelessness, housing climate crises. These are the fears which should really worry you, not that a choice between two shades of grey is […]
General Election 2020 promises to be a political earthquake and members of the media and political establishment are queuing up to say that “no one saw it coming.” Well they mustn’t have ever spoken with writer, actor and poet, Emmet Kirwan. In this podcast, our 100th official episode, we explore that pent up desire for change and for a better […]
Instead of our usual chat we have a Special Guest in the tortoise shack in the shape of Solicitor, writer of the #GE2020 Campaign Gist and long-time friend of the pod, Simon McGarr. We talk about the earthquake that’s shaking the foundations of Irish politics, the Fine Gael meltdown and their seeming continuation on the path of self-destruction, the rise […]
All of the Political Parties have attempted to steal the clothes of Green Policies. But which are paying lip service and which ones are serious about Climate Action. Our guests in the tortoise shack are Aideen O’Dochartaigh and Brian Cuthbert of the Environmental Group, Not Here, Not Anywhere, and they’ve developed a score card that, while not perfect, is in […]
In a campaign that has descended into name calling, we look at how ‘class’ is a part of the Irish experience and should be part of our politics. We also ask which of the Parties are being dishonest in their campaign promises, what type of country we really want to be and why we must grasp the opportunity this Saturday. […]