It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by Colm Byrne, Director of Development with seebeyondborders.org. Colm is living in Cambodia since 2014 and has made it his home. He talks about the people, the country and the crucial work the NGO he’s dedicated to does in trying to lift educational attainment rates. This is a fascinating […]
In this special episode we brought together experts, academics, activists and investigative journalists, to share their knowledge of the social history, the legal requirements, the standard of proof, the gathering of evidence, the construction of findings as well as issues of race and disability contained in the Mother and Baby Homes Report. We consider what could and should happen next […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Independent TD for Galway, Catherine Connolly on the whitewash that is the Mother and Baby Home Report. Catherine speaks a length about the serious flaws n the report, the deliberate language it uses to create a false balance and the way this was stage-managed in an attempt to control the narrative. We […]
It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by Neuroscientist and member of ISAG, Tomás Ryan about the current Covid situation, the way out of it and the choices available to both the Government and Irish society. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast, including the health vs economic debate and the framing of Zero […]
In this podcast is with Bernadette D’Arcy, the partner of Benjamin Akhile, who after almost 15 years in our immigration system is scheduled to be deported on February 12th. Bernie talks about how Ben and her have worked to build a life, only to be stifled by the system and how this deportation order hangs over them both. It is […]
We’ve just finished recording a short podcast with Solicitor and friend of the pod, Simon McGarr on what is, sadly, another Government created problem for the survivors of the Mother and Baby Homes. Simon outlines now how the current system is contrary to the GDPR and indeed the pledges made by the Minister to help the people impacted. If you […]
It was a pleasure to be joined for what was his first ever podcast appearance by Adam Mohamed, to talk about his spoken word piece, Untitled. We are also joined by the producer of the video and long-time activist, Dean Scurry. Adam, it turns out, went to the same school as me. But only a few decades apart. We discuss […]
A few minutes into what was scheduled to be a Tortoise Shack Patron Only podcast I got a message from Tortoise Shack regular Seamus Malekafzali, (Affairs Editor and Minnesotan) saying he was free to jump on zoom, so we went for it. We talk about the events in DC, the toothpaste that can’t be put back in the tube, the […]