This podcast contains themes and subjects that some may find upsetting. Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Mick Finnegan has spent over two decades campaigning justice for the sexual abuse he suffered in St John Ambulance Ireland and this morning the report by Dr Geoffrey Shannon fully vindicated what he and other survivors have been saying for so long. Mick took […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack So far in 2023 at least one Palestinian person has been killed per day, and yet that frightening statistic doesn’t come close to telling the full story. Rejoining us on the podcast from Ramallah, is journalist and tortoise shack regular, Hannah McCarthy. Hannah has spent the last week in Tel Aviv, attending Israeli anti-government protests […]
Please help keep this podcast going by becoming a member at patreon.com/tortoiseshack You might have seen the series, Stories from the Streets, on Virgin Media TV recently. Well the writer and director, Luke McManus and one of the stars of episode 3, homeless rapper, Tommy KD, came over to the tortoise shack to tell us all about it. Tommy recounts […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It’s always great to chat with Solicitor and Partner with FP Logue, Fred Logue, and it was particularly good to catch him just as news about the lifting of “eviction ban” was confirmed. Fred talks to us about the State practice of using the Attorney General to quieten debate in many areas and why tenants […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack While our government fret over a temporary moratorium for no fault evictions, the Portuguese Government are busy bringing forward a series of housing plans that have have been hailed as incredible, while also derided as Venezuelan. I suppose it depends on your ideology. Joining us to talk about them all is Vice Deputy Leader and […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The saying goes that ‘there’s no art in money, but there’s also no money in art.’ Joining me to discuss the contract inequalities Irish artists, actors, creators experience in an industry that is heavily subsidised by the taxpayer, is actor and President with irishequity.ie, Gerry O’Brien. We talk a little about his roles in films […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Many of you will be familiar with the work of author and commentator, Nooruddean Choudry, you just might not know he was behind that viral video you loved or, like me, you thought of him as his brilliant twitter account @BeardedGenius. So it was a genuine treat when he agreed to talk to me about […]
Following the cowardly shooting of DCI John Caldwell and the threatening statements from senior members of paramilitary gangs, things in the North seem febrile. Joining me to discuss what is happening on the ground in the affected communities are Shrapnel co-host, Sam Mcilwaine and journalist and co-facilitator with the Civic Initiative Northern Ireland, Emma DeSouza. We discuss the politics, the […]