(recorded Jun 18th) Joining me to discuss the end of this Dáil term is independent TD, Catherine Connolly. We had a lot to cover from her viral comments regarding the Confidence Vote, the failure to learn from Covid, the Climate Emergency, a deep-dive into housing issues in Galway, the 3three-tier asylum system and her considered thoughts on MEP’s Mick Wallace […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Mostafa Darwish, award winning investigative journalist who has produced a new four part documentary series on Ireland’s housing crisis for the Irish Mirror. Mostafa talks about his experience with the Arab Spring in Egypt, direct provision in Ireland and the impact on the mental health of asylum seekers, making Ireland home and the new documentary […]
Have you ever wondered what an inaitmacy coach does, or how sex scenes are filmed? We did, sp we spoke to legendary intimacy coordinator Ita O’Brien, who has worked on Conversations with Friends, It’s a Sin, and I May Destroy You. Find Ita at itaobrien.com https://media.blubrry.com/green-light-podcast/media.blubrry.com/glowwest/content.blubrry.com/glowwest/GreenLight_ep09.mp3Podcast (green_light): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:18 — 41.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | […]
UK Political Commentator of the year, Guardian columnist and host of the Politics Weekly Podcast, John Harris, joined Tony to talk British politics, English nostalgia and the opportunity for a progressive coalition that will deal with the various real life crises and not engage in culture war nonsense. Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/echo_chamber_pod_ep_846a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play in new window | Download […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Senator Eileen Flynn about her experience as being an ‘other’ within Irish society, as Ireland’s first Traveller member of the Oireachtas, her work in the Seanad highlighting Traveller and wider inequalities and human rights, her own experience of discrimination just last week being refused entry to a premises, and the impact on mental health of […]
Sinn Féin Housing Spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin, joined me to discuss the Mica Redress Scheme and the 80, yes 80, amendments that the homeowners wanted in the legislation that was guillotined through the Dáil. We talk housing defects, industry and State culpability and how to stop these issues happening in the future. We also discuss the cost of living crisis, […]
Some stories are just too good to spoil. So without giving anything away, I had a chat with Connacht based techie, Eilís Ní Fhlannagáin, about her journey, the activism that drives her and her key role in a truly remarkable story that proves that it is often better to ask for forgiveness than permission. This is a real treat! Join […]
In what happens to be the last episode recorded before she died, Vicky is joined by Dr Sindy Joyce and Dr Amanda Haynes of the University of Limerick, speaking about the findings of their recently published report on Irish Travellers Access to Justice. They discuss the reasons for conducting the research and how they went about doing it. They discuss […]