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846. Johnson Was Bad, But it Could Get Worse

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 […]

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225. There’s Room For Everyone

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 […]

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842. We Need a Break Now, Not in September

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, […]

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843. ‘Never Ask Permission’ with Eilís Ní Fhlannagáin

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 […]

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Policed The Beat – Traveller Access to Justice

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 […]

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223. How to Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis

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 […]

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845. Unionism: Beyond the Bonfires

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) | […]

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222. The Implications of Ireland’s Homeownership Collapse with ESRI Economist, Barra Roantree

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 […]

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