Thanks to Sam Mcilwaine, Shamim Malekmian, Harry McEvansoneys and Lynn Boylan for joining me this week to get stuck into the events of the week. We talk Homelessness now at 11k, Mother and Baby Home Redress flaws, the ECB going full Bank of England, the UVF and UDA making very worrying statements, the State failing to act on its own […]
Joining us to discuss the ongoing issues people affected by the Mother and Baby Homes and the Govts redress scheme and the tracing system is Social Democrats TD, Holly Cairns. She outlines the gaps and penny-pinching structures that the current coalition are calling “the biggest redress scheme in the history of the State”. Note: It falls way short given the […]
This weekend Brazil heads back to the polls and it’s not unfair to say that there’s a lot at stake. Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro and his opponent Lula Da Silva have clashed and people have been murdered as the world looks on wondering which way the scales will tip. Inflation, inequality and food insecurity are all on the ballot, […]
The trolly crisis is out of control and while Covid might not be getting the headlines it once was, it is still dangerous enough that it is having serious implications for hundreds of people and putting strain on our already struggling health service. Joining us on the tortoise shack is DCU’s Professor of Health Systems, Anthony Staines. We talk about […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Emma DeSouza and Roman and Eoin of the ditch to discuss the week that was and what is up ahead. We chat about Dr Vicky Conway posthumously winning Irish Women’s Lawyer of the Year, the ridiculous and vile “Ireland is Full” hashtag, the Children’s Hospital’s Grenfell cladding, the Global Property Bubble Index […]
We love our pets. So why don’t we have laws (not guidelines) that look after them? Joining me on the tortoise shack is Sinn Féin Senator, Lynn Boylan, to discuss the Oireachtas Committee Report that outlines some of the ways we need to act now to stop animal cruelty and give breeding dogs a better quality of life. We also […]
As the UK does more U-turns than a James Bond car chase and Lizz Truss is given the title PINO, Prime minister In Name Only, we caught up with economic justice campaigner and now tortoise shack regular, Prof Richard Murphy. He explains that while the return to ‘Business As Usual’ may have appeased the ‘markets’, it’ll do less than nothing […]
Crime Correspondent with the Irish Daily Star, Michael O’Toole has written his first fictional novel, Black Light. So of course we had to have a chat about it and how much of his life and work was poured into it. It’s a fast-paced plot twisting page turner. We also discuss the current situation for both the Hutch and Kinahan gangs […]