(note, this was recorded on Saturday Nov 27th for tortoise shack members) On Saturday a small anti-Trans protest took place in Dublin, in what looks like a continuation of a tiny section of the country intent on importing UK/US style culture wars to Ireland. Rather than dwell on their nonsense, we decided to talk with activist, Community Development Officer with […]
The European Commission has been asking questions about Ireland blocking Mother and Baby Homes survivors’ access to their medical records. Joining us in the tortoise shack to discuss what this all means is solicitor acting for some of the survivors, Simon McGarr. Simon outlines the problems facing Minister Roderic O’Gorman and the solutions available to him today. We discuss what […]
We’ve just finished a brilliant Live Sunday Show with Reporter with Noteworthy, Maria Delaney, Social Care Worker, Anne Marie Quilligan and Primary School Teacher, Jana Lyons. We talked Fianna Fáil as a charity, the great news for some undocumented migrants, the Oireachtas Report into Travellers, COVID restrictions, schools aren’t safe, succor for the far right, the arts kicked again and […]
Late last night Sinn Féin TD, Chris Andrews, asked Minister Roderic O’Gorman why, nine months after it began, St Johns Ambulance have failed to engage with the independent investigation into childhood sexual abuse within the organisation. Joining me to give his reaction to this is one of the victims and friend of the shack, Mick Finnegan. We discuss what this […]
(This podcast was recorded on Nov 24th as a Patron Exclusive) Joining us from a coffee shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, is journalist, Hannah McCarthy, to discuss the humanitarian crisis evolving there. With sanctions increasing food insecurity and workers going unpaid for months, the situation is extremely dire. Hannah outlines how the Taliban are trying to impress international media, while effectively […]
This week on the tortoise shack Sunday Special, we had a bumper show. Joining us to talk about the events of the week were Social Democrats TD, Cian O’Callaghan, writer, advocate and friend of the shack, Emma DeSouza, TCD Professor, Tómas Ryan and former political prisoner – now law student, Ibrahim Halawa. We discuss the very worrying trend of increasing […]
You might have read that the British Government are planning to compile an “official” history of The Troubles. We are cynical, so it was a pleasure to be rejoined in the Tortoise Shack by troubles historian and author of books on Loyalism, Gareth Mulvenna. We discuss the ideas merits and demerits, Gareth’s take on whether an official history is even […]
Many of you will have seen some of the comments made by DCU Lecturer, Mark Humphrys. We were delighted to be joined in the tortoise shack by two of the organisers of a Black Lives Matter Rally that takes place tomorrow in DCU at 1pm, against his type of repugnant and intolerant views, Christine O’Mahony and Darragh Adelaide. We discuss […]