207. Scavenger Capitalism – The African Debt Crisis

Closing Schools to Pay the Debt! This Reboot Republic talks to Dereje Alemayehu, Executive Coordinator of the Nobel Prize nominated Global Alliance for Tax Justice. Dereje has served as Senior Economic Justice Advisor at Christian Aid. Prior to that he was Christian Aid’s Country Manager for East Africa for 15 years and he has a PhD in Economics. We discuss […]

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806. The Anti-War Arrests

You might have seen this week that Octogenarian Anti-War Activists, Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff were found guilty of interfering with the operation, management or safety of Shannon airport. Joining me to discuss this and their treatment by the Irish State is spokesperson for Shannonwatch, Edward Horgan. We discuss the fine of €10,000 that was imposed in addition to them […]

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Clit Piercings: Ep 134

The clitoris is an organ of wonder, and some people also wonder what it’s like to get it pierced. Here to explain what its like to actually do this is sex educator Hannah Davis. Find Hannah at @hannahgotthe_d 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/ClitPeircing_Glowwest.mp3Podcast (glow-west): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:06 — 29.4MB) | […]

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Policing Sex Work

On this episode of Policed The Beat, Vicky is joined by Echo Chamber Cohost, Tony Groves and Director of UglyMugs.ie, Lucy Smith. They discuss the recent story in the Irish Examiner by Aoife Moore – Hundreds of reports of men claiming to be Gardaí attacking sex workers – Here:https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40858064.html Lucy talks about the fears sex workers have in going to […]

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807. Our Maternity Hospital – #MakeNMHOurs

While the Government are trying to give assurances about the ownership of the National Maternity Hospital, the public, several politicians and many legal experts are far from convinced. Joining me to discuss the #MakeNMHOurs campaign and their deep concerns over the lack of transparency and many aspects of this deal are Bernie Linnane, Karen Sugrue and JoAnne Neary. Rather than […]

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206. European Independent Living Day

Why we need Personal Assistant Services with James Cawley of ILMI This Reboot Republic talks to the always wonderful James Cawley, policy officer with Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI) and proud disabled person, about the ILMI’s campaign for Personal Assistant Services for disabled people, to be available as a right. The ILMI is led by disabled people and James explains […]

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802. A National Surveillance Data Base

For over a year now, Echo Chamber Cohost Martin McMahon has been digging into an issue he spotted with the Public Services Card. Thanks to the great work of investigative reporter at Noteworthy/The Journal, Maria Delaney, we can now reveal what is massive state surveillance that has no legal basis. Martin, Maria and Data Solicitor, Simon McGarr joined Tony to […]

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Who Owns Our Land? Land Speculation & The Housing Crisis

This Reboot Podcast talks to Dr Rob Sweeney of TASC and author of the new report ‘Trading Places: Report on Land and Housing’. Rory and Rob discuss what role land speculation plays in our housing crisis, and how it impacts on market supply of housing, and what role the state could be playing in being an active manager and purchaser […]

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