Category Archives: podcast

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Jen Cummins is a first time candidate with the Soc Dems in Dublin South Central. It’s a very diverse, and dare we say unequal constituency where Jen has her work cut out for her in the last few days of the campaign. But as you’ll hear, she is clearly a person of substance who is […]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE 2024 podcast we talk with Síomha Ní Aonghusa who is a campaigner on housing, women’s rights, anti-racism, and Palestine solidarity. She is a first time candidate with PBP in Dublin Rathdown. She’s also a musician, actor and comedian. So not your normal route into politics then. Enjoy. The GE2024 Climate Analysis Pod […]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE 2024 pod we talk with Rabharta Party, Lorna Bogue, who is a city councillor representing Cork City South-East on Cork City Council since 2019 and is running in Cork South Central. She explains why they have changed their party’s name in order to better reflect what their values are and why she’s […]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE2024 podcast we talk with Green Party Cllr and candidate in Dublin Bay South. We discuss her reasons for running, why she’s keeping faith with the Greens and how she wants to see the next Dáil move beyond market solutions for climate action. For all of our GE2024 coverage including more candidate interviews […]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE 2024 podcast we go into the latest campaign news and then very in-depth on Sinn Féin’s manifesto pledge to review RTE, the belated change to the code of practice regarding Karshan and bogus self employment and our take on why Minister Heather Humphries had to retire before she was pushed. Up the […]

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this GE 2024 podcast we talk with independent candidate in Donegal, Thomas Pringle, about his experience of the last Dáil and what his hopes are for the next term, should he be re-elected. Mica scandals, healthcare availability, housing crisis, a left alliance, Gaza activism, tackling anti-immigration sentiment and more. Yup the Big Fella. For […]