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 […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Joining us on the tortoise shack is Snr Lecturer in TUD, Dr Lorcan Sirr, to discuss how we cannot trust the housing new build statistics. Indeed, long-time listeners will recall Lorcan raised this on the podcast back in 2017 and while history may not repeat, it does echo. We talk about how we seem to […]
Friend of the tortoise shack, Colombian journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal, joined us for the first time in 2023 and he brings us up to speed on the attempted coup and ongoing deadly protests in Peru. You won’t get a better synopsis on Irish media. We also discuss the South America and US relations via the prism of […]
On Saturday, February 18th the Ireland we can become showed up for the #IrelandForAll Solidarity Rally. I’ve pieced together sounds, songs and voices from the days events. You’ll hear from Clare O’Connor, Dean Scurry, Darragh Adelaide, Sophia Mulvany, Rose Marie Maughan, Christy Moore, Adam Mohamed, Patrick Costello, James O’Toole, Michael Taft, Dave Gibney, Rory Hearne and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey. Hope […]
It was a great pleasure to be rejoined on the pod by human rights campaigner, independent Traveller activist and general tyro, Rose Marie Maughan, to discuss how her life experience and work in activism has her more determined than ever to help create an Ireland for All. We talk about the need for real solidarity beyond social media and how […]
Activist, human rights campaigner, pure Ballymunner and cohost of this weekends #IrelandForAll Solidarity March, Dean Scurry joined me to discuss the genesis of this inclusive and diverse show of solidarity and love. We discuss the recent protests in Ballymun, the bad faith actors and countering false information. Dean talks about his experience of Apollo House and how that act of […]
Our guest is Sinn Féin Senator, Lynn Boylan, who recently helped reveal a Govt 2009 emergency response that became a long-term subsidy to Large Energy Users (Big Business and Corporations) paid for from additional charges on us, the regular householder. We look at how this happened and why it was kept long after the emergency period had passed. We also […]