669. No Man’s Land with Belfast City Cllr Brian Smyth

As PUP Leader, Billy Hutchinson, was issuing a statement that seems to withdraw his Party’s support for the Good Friday Agreement we were speaking with Youth Worker and Green Party Cllr on Belfast City Council, Brian Smyth. Brian tells us about recent acts of violence and we delve into the reality in the communities that are left in a no […]

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668. The DUP vs Human Rights?

Over the weekend reports emerged that Queens University Professor of Human Rights, Colin Harvey had seen his appointment to the Bill of Rights panel blocked by the DUP, in what can only describe as an act of political interference. So on Sunday evening we chatted with Professor Harvey to find out all about this and the ongoing intimidation he has […]

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10. Net Zero Sum Games?

This weeks live Sunday Special is in the can. Where we were joined by writer, activist and regular contributor, Emma DeSouza, Social Democrats Cllr for Clontarf, Catherine Stocker and Irish Daily Mail Political Correspondent, Craig Hughes. We discuss the scenes of violence and intimidation this week in NI, the COP26 conference and Ireland’s Climate Action Bill, the Paddy Cosgrave/Web Summit […]

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647. The Soup Runs with the Muslim Sisters of Eire

Some of you may have seen a report by the Dublin Regional Homelessness Executive that looked into the provision of food on our streets by charity services. The findings rankled with many. We were delighted to be joined by founder and chairperson of one of these organisations, The Muslim Sisters of Éire, Lorraine O’Connor. Lorraine tells us about the very […]

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649. Misneach: The Whistleblowers with Louise Bayliss and Tom Clonan

Some of you might have seen the TG4 documentary series, Misneach, featuring our guests, Louise Bayliss and Tom Clonan. Many of you are probably familiar with their stories of blowing the whistle and of suffering whistleblower reprisal. So for the first time, we got both Louise and Tom together to talk to us and one another about their experiences and […]

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9. Sunday Special: COP’d On Yet?

We have just finished recording a Tortoise Shack Live with Sinn Féin TD, Reada Cronin, writer and activist, Emma DeSouza and Green Party MEP, Ciaran Cuffe. We discussed the latest on the NI Protocol and how it’s viewed as a positive by a majority now. We look at the COP26 Conference in some detail and delve into why Ciaran believes […]

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644. Economic Inequality and Orthodoxy with Economists Seamus Coffey & Ciaran Nugent

Tortoise Shack twitter followers might’ve seen a thread/debate recently involving UCC Economist and former head of the fiscal advisory council, Seamus Coffey, Nevin Economic Research Institute Economist, Ciaran Nugent, and Tony. Well, we decided to have that chat on the podcast. We talk market income inequality, housing as a wealth transfer, taxation – corporate and personal, and we look at […]

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