Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors note: Before Listening I recommend that you read this short thread – https://twitter.com/whittledaway/status/1683040346740072448?s=20) Pádraic Fogarty loves nature. His nature-themed writing, advocacy and activism spans over two decades. So it was a shock to many to see that he had resigned from the Irish Wildlife Trust over a blog post that upset the Irish Farmers […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rejoining us just as the Dáil shuts down for it’s 18 month summer holiday and for the first time since she became her party’s leader, is Soc Dems, Holly Cairns. We had plenty to catch up about. We talked about her new role, how the Mother and Baby Home redress scheme shamefully passed into law, […]
Please join us at pateeon.com/tortoiseshack This Sunday, Spain goes to the polls in what is an election that‘ll see either a broad left coalition govern or usher in the return of fascism in government. At this stage, reading the polls, a hung parliament would feel like a win. That’s not hyperbole. Joining me in the tortoise shack to talk about […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors Note: Today is the first anniversary of the death of our dear friend, Dr Vicky Conway. Our thoughts are with all who knew and loved her.) Rejoining us on the tortoise shack for an end of the Dáil term chat is Solidarity PBP TD, and well known troublemaker, Paul Murphy. We talk about his […]
Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Thank you to human rights and healthcare activist, Seana Grant and cohost of Shrapnel, Sam Mcilwaine, for joining us to dive into the contentious issue of the July 12th celebrations. We talk about what the 12th means to them as individuals and to people in their different communities; we delve into the past and ask has […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors note: Recorded and released to members on July 4th) Following yesterday’s show and the discussion relating to Sinn Féin’s position on immigration, it was timely to be rejoined on the podcast by that party’s Senator, Lynn Boylan. We get stuck into their seriousness on climate action, preparing to lead the first non FF/FG government […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack On Friday I went into the Iceland Store on Talbot Street to speak with some of the workers who are currently occupying it as part of an ongoing and nationwide dispute with their employer over unpaid wages and many other breaches of the terms of their employment. The fact that we sat only a few […]
The Failed Privatisation of Water Should be a Warning for us in Ireland Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rejoining us on the tortoise shack was listener favourite and one of the founders of the Green New Deal, Prof Richard Murphy, and he was in flying form and ready to cut through the B.S. He breaks down the class warfare been […]