Tag Archives: The Echo Chamber Podcast

Earlier today Volodymr Zelenskiy addressed the Oireachtas and pleaded for EU States to do more. Joining me to discuss what that ‘more’ means is Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko. Lesia, as a native of Kyiv, talks passionately about the heartbreaking details emerging from the towns and suburbs like Bucha and Iprin that she knows so well. Her anger and hurt is […]

This morning the CJEU ruled that the mobile data retained and used in the murder trial of Graham Dwyer was obtained contrary to EU and indeed Irish law. Joining me to discuss this is Trinity College Dublin Assoc Prof of Law, Dr Eoin O’Dell. Eoin explains what the judgement says and what the implications are for the State and this […]

This is my conversation with Dr Austin O’Carroll from the Tortoise Shack Live in March. We talk about how things that were supposed to be impossible just got done during the dark days of the pandemic and how the State now want us to forget that. Austin talks about who teaching people in a Trauma Informed way can change and […]

The news that both Antarctica and the Arctic are currently experiencing heatwaves was a reminder that the climate crisis pays no attention to the news cycle. Rejoining us on the podcast is climate activist, journalist, commentator and no friend of lobbyists, John Gibbons. We discuss what is happening and what it means for energy and food security. We look at […]

It was a pleasure to be joined by Dublin Inquirer reporter Shamim Malekmian, Independent NI Candidate, Emma DeSouza and Lefty Unionist Sam Mcilwaine to talk about some of the stories of the week. We discuss the differences in treatment for immigrants, the Repeal Review and the US reproductive healthcare regression, the escalations in Northern Ireland in this election season, Labour […]

Events across the world, like SB8 in Texas, have shown that the conservative pushback against reproductive healthcare is always an ongoing battle. Joining me to discuss the upcoming Repeal Review are Co-Convener of Together for Safety, Yvie Murphy, Psychotherapist, Karen Sugrue and Constitutional Law expert, Dr Jennifer Kavanagh. We discuss Safe Access Zones, the Right to Protest, the issues that […]

Earlier this morning I spoke with Ukrainian MP, Lesia Vasylenko, who has recently returned to Kyiv. She describes the relative calm in parts of the city and what those who remain are bracing themselves for. She talks about the need for “boots on the ground” perhaps in the form of an International Peace Keeper force that will keep Green Corridors […]