Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this episode of Reboot Republic, Rory and Tony are joined by music producer and artist Meryl Streek, to discuss the inspiration and motivation behind his music, and his latest single “If this is life then I don’t want it”, which is released today (May 16th). This single is a reaction to the housing crisis […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Did you know that the IDA have paid almost ten million euro of our money to a company that is pumping billions into fossil fuels? It’s true. Citigroup are the second biggest financers of the fossil fuel industry in the world and they are tap, tap, tapping away in Dublin, only the destruction is in […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ireland is experiencing an economic boom that would make Jeff Bezos blush, yet we’re increasing the working poor at Ebenezer Scrooge percent. What gives? Joining us to talk about the need to move away from a failing wealth redistribution model towards a more equal pre-distribution future is UCD’s Associate Professor, Aidan Regan. Enjoy! The Trial […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack On April 19th a 23 year old woman was shot and killed by police in North Macedonia, after having her asylum application rejected in Greece. Fatmata was a warm and lively young woman. She had recently told her husband, Abu Bakar, that she was pregnant. Her friends and family are devastated, but are seeking justice […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors note: Recorded Tuesday May 2nd) Listeners in Gaza got in touch with us when the news broke this morning of the death of Khader Adnan in an Israeli jail, following an 87 day hunger strike and asked that we cover his passing. So we went back to Dr. Yousef M. Aljamal, the Palestinian writer […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It was a pleasure to be rejoined on the podcast for the first time in 2023 by primary school teacher and INTO union activist, Jana Lyons, (speaking in a personal capacity) to discuss the recent changes and actions within her profession. We discuss that pay rise and what message it sends to ordinary members and […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Leo Varadkar continually told the Dáil that our “eviction ban” was a winter eviction moratorium similar to that in other countries. So we decided to fact check his claim with our friend and regular tortoise shack contributor in Helsinki, Finland, Dan Nickstrom. Needless to say the facts did not support the Taoiseach’s claim. We also […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors note: Tony addresses the reaction to the Ditch, Niall Collins podcast and the criticisms of new media) Martin, Tony and Sam Mcilwaine sat down to chat about the news of the week both sides of the border and to get Sam’s report from his very productive few days at Queens University for the Agreement […]