Paul Wilson is the son of the late SDLP politician Senator Paddy Wilson. Senator Wilson and his Protestant friend Irene Andrews were brutally murdered by the UFF in June 1973. In this episode Paul talks about growing up as the son of a politician as the Troubles exploded, his experiences of sectarianism, the profound dangers of toxic political rhetoric both […]
When news broke in the Irish Examiner that the promised independent review of testimony given by mother and baby home survivors had been ditched by the Government, our hearts sank. Long-time listeners would know our guest, actor, writer and Mother and Baby Home survivor, Noelle Brown. She rejoined us to talk about this latest betrayal and the series of lies […]
This packed Tortoise Shack Live Show featured a fantastic panel of Dublin Inquirer journalist, Shamim Malekmian, Shrapnel co-host, Sam Mcilwaine, Dr Arsalan Shahid and Threshold’s legal officer, Gavin Elliot. We talked about the end of the Robert Troy saga, the report into St John’s Ambulance by Geoffrey Shannon and how the Traveller budget story fell swiftly out of the headlines. […]
It was a treat to be joined by the comedic duo and online sketch wizards behind @Expolding_Heads, Anthony Richardson and Mark Davison. They discuss how after 10yrs of grafting they are an overnight success. How working for the likes of ESPN and Virgin Media Sports honed their skills and how the pandemic made them improvise for an online audience. We […]
This week the Built Different girls are down a host while Benita lives her best life in Zimbabwe. Joella and Deborah are back taking a deep dive into how summer has been so far and how quickly it’s ending. They talk relationships & dating, alpha males/leader of the group and finally pay tribute to the amazing Dr. Vicky Conway. Follow […]
In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by Tony Groves, and they talk to Killian Woods, Senior Business Reporters with the Sunday Business Post, about the low levels of tax paid by global and Irish REIT investment funds on the profit from rent and property deals in Ireland, about the Government deals that enable it, and how its worsening the […]
It may be episode 2, but it’s the first guest! Hosts Sam McIlwaine and Gareth Mulvenna are joined by the Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, and MLA, Robbie Butler. Robbie discusses his working class roots, growing up in Loyalist housing estates and his uncomfortable personal relationship in owning the label ‘loyalist’. He chats about the NI Protocol and […]
Joining us to discuss the recent climatecampireland.ie and their message of Frack Off to LNG are Founder and Director of frackaction.com, Julia Walsh, Educator and Former Gas Worker, Ray Kemble and Freelance Journalist and campaigner with Climate Camp Ireland, William Hederman. Julia outlines the folly of using LNG in the teeth of a worsening climate crisis and why fracking is […]