We’ve seen or heard about the most egregious things occurring under China’s Zero Covid policy, and while we have moved on to a Hope-For-The-Best policy, their lockdowns have brought many out on to the streets to protest. One person who attended one of these protests in Shanghai, is Sligo man, Mickey. (I think the fact that we can’t use his […]
Once again we are looking for your help in the run up to Christmas. This Wednesday, having skipped the pre-legislative scrutiny stage, the government will rush through a bill that will entirely change the appointments process for An Bord Pleanála Board members for the worse, and very seriously compromise the independence of the State’s top planning body. The Minister is […]
This Reboot Republic podcast is a special collaboration with the Care Experience Podcast. Rory, Aisling Bruen, care worker and advocate, and Peter Lane from EPIC, Empowering People in Care, talk about the experience of young people in and leaving care, and how the current housing crisis has affected the care system. As we know, care-leavers and children about to leave […]
Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode, Niamh talks with Órla O’Donovan, senior lecturer at the Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork. Órla is part of a collective working on a project called ‘Living Well with the Dead in Contemporary Ireland’. The project aims to develop new ways of thinking about, researching and responding to human remains, especially […]
This week’s episode is a bit different, it’s a live recording of a show we did for the Ballymun Wellfest. In this episode we talk about mental health, how we handle our mental health and the importance of therapy for POCs. We are very honoured to be given a segment and we had a great time meeting everyone who were […]
I watched the wonderful new film North Circular and was left with the sense that we’ve never had such a love letter written to the darkness that envelopes the road that runs through the spine of Dublin. Joining me to talk about it is the films maker, Luke McManus. We discuss the themes of holding firm to ghosts of the […]
Ed Spence is the nephew of Gusty Spence. In the late 1960s Ed, along with his father Billy, campaigned for the release of Gusty Spence who maintained his innocence against a murder charge. When the Northern Ireland conflict began to escalate Ed and Billy started a Loyalist prisoners welfare association called The Orange Cross. In this episode of Shrapnel, Ed […]
Last week the UK’s Supreme Court dealt a blow to those who are seeking Scottish independence. Our guest today, Prof Richard Murphy, outlines the judgement and why it’s not quite the end of the road. We also discuss the UK property market correction/crash, consumer spending deflation, Empires in decline and how car finance is a bellwether for the publics financial […]