In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Michael Taft, economist with SIPTU, about how to tackle the cost of living crisis. Ireland has seen some of the highest electricity and gas price rises in the EU. In France and Malta the governments controlled gas and electricity prices, Michael sets out how we can do it here too, how to tackle […]
Ulster Unionist Party member, LGBT Rights activist, writer and Political Commentator, Michael Palmer, joined me to discuss growing up gay in an Unionist community, the failures of the Good Friday Agreement, the 12th celebrations, the political stagnation in Stormont and much, much more. Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/echo_chamber_pod_ep_845a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:51 — 24.2MB) | […]
In this Reboot Republic Rory talks to Barra Roantree, economist researcher with the ESRI, about the collapse in homeownership levels in Ireland, the rental crisis, inequality, investor funds and housing financialisation, land tax, cost of living and energy poverty. Barra co-authored the recent report- Future trends in housing tenure and the adequacy of retirement income. Barra is an economist whose […]
Welcome back to another episode of built different. In this episode we talk about a mixture of topics. Ranging from the differences in school in Africa and Ireland, the horrors of organised religion and the devastating outcome of Roe v Wade. To end the episode on a lighter note Deborah debriefs us on her holiday to Croatia. Join us at […]
Vicky is joined by barrister David Bryne to discuss the issue of Gardaí initiating and conducting prosecutions in the District Court. They discuss how that system currently works, what powers Gardaí have in that regard, and then turn to discuss why this is problematic. They also explore recent proposals for change, an important High Court decision in this space and […]
You may have seen the investigation into the ‘Potential fraud’ in poultry farm planning applications:https://www.noteworthy.ie/factory-farm-pt1-teagasc-news-5800977-Jul2022/ Joining me to discuss this, the damage it can cause and what is happening now is Investigative Reporter with Noteworthy, Niall Sargent. Niall talks about the recurring problems of light-touch regulation and how “chicken litter” (chicken shit to you and me) at such high volumes […]
Being a woman in the public eye is not an easy thing, especially when we throw sex into the mix. Camille Melissa Warning returns to the podcast to talk about sex tapes, scandals, trials, and more and asks how visual terrorism impacts women. Find Camille at @thephotographictheorist Support us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack << Back To The Glow West Podcast https://media.blubrry.com/glow-west/media.blubrry.com/glowwest/content.blubrry.com/glowwest/SexTapes_Glowwest.mp3Podcast […]
I’ve just been joined on the podcast by Neuroscientist and TCD Prof, Tomás Ryan to discuss the current Covid 19 Wave and ask why are we sleepwalking into another winter of discontent. We discuss the most recent findings about Long Covid, repeat infections and the potentially devastating impacts it can have. Tomás outlines the mitigations that are open to government […]