1441. RTE vs the Law – Is the Gig (Economy) Up?

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Matt McGranaghan joins Martin on this Echo Chamber podcast to discuss ongoing bogus self employment cases they are representing in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the implications for RTE workers and pretty much all of us as taxpayers. Martin and Matt lay bare the corruption, the criminality and the gargantuan cost of decades of […]

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1444. Still Not Heard, Still Not Safe

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ed Note: In this very special Echo Chamber Podcast we pay tribute to our late tortoise shack colleague, Dr Vicky Conway in both the coverage of the new report Still Not Heard, Still Not Safe and in knowing that her work was instrumental in its foundations. Joining us is the founder of Black and Irish, […]

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1436. Extermination Camps in Mexico

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast we are rejoined by Mexico-based Colombian journalist with El Pais, Nicholas Dale Leal, to discuss the impact the new Trump administration is having on the region, the shocking discovery of what is being called an extermination camp in Mexico and the people “disappearing” from the US into Super Max prisons in El […]

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RTE Receiving Illegal State Aid

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Martin had a long chat with his co-conspirator, Matt McGranaghan, in relation to the two cases they are currently working on with RTE staff in the workplace Relations Commission. This also a good insight into where the political landscape is when it comes to protecting workers in the face of systemic corruption. The Grace Blakeley […]

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1437. A Bad State of Affairs with Simon McGarr

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this echo chamber pod we are rejoined by data protection expert, solicitor and one of our favourite troublemakers, solicitor, Simon McGarr, to talk about ChatControl, digital surveillance, State silos and the terrifying problem of paper clip maximisation. Read more here:https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-a-bad-state-of-affairs/ https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_1437a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:22 — 30.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: […]

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1431. ReArm EU vs Irish Neutrality

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Echo Chamber Pod we talk with War and Pacification coordinator with the Transnational Institute, Niamh Ní Bhriain about the ongoing political, social and mainstream campaign to do away with Ireland’s triple lock system and our longstanding and publicly supported commitment to neutrality. The EU ChatControl Podcast with Simon McGarr is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-125125197 […]

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1434. Trump, Tariffs and Tax Haven Ireland

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack “You don’t have the cards” was a crude way for Donald Trump to say that he has the bully pulpit and that he’s going to use it. Rejoining us on the tortoise shack is lecturer, author of Tax Haven Ireland and editor of the Irish Marxist Review, Dr Brian O’Boyle and he has as always […]

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1435. Cancelled or Fair Criticism?

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this (lifting the paywall as a treat member-only) podcast we are joined by the fantastic Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya, to discuss the Do Nothing Dáil, the Garron Noone controversy, immigration, influencers, the continuing erosion of Ireland’s neutrality, RTE vs Francesca Albanese and much more. Enjoy! Support Dignity for Palestine here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-your-124980167 https://media.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/content.blubrry.com/echochamberpodcast/Echo_Pod_Ep_1435a.mp3Podcast (echochamber): Play in […]

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