Today, the 23rd of June, is World Whistleblower Day. Our government has chosen not to celebrate the phenomenal work done by whistleblowers to improve Ireland and indeed, improve countries around the globe. Here on the TortoiseShack, we thank whistleblowers everywhere for the oft times thankless work they do. Una, Noel, Caroline and Martin give you a taste of whistle blowing […]
It was a pleasure to be joined for our 47th Live Sunday Special by Ast Prof of Architecture, Orla Hegarty, Human Rights Advocate and Writer, Emma DeSouza and Mr Irish Election Projections, Harry McEcansoneya to talk about the week that was. We discussed the DUP and NI beyond sectarianism, Housing myths and sustainable construction, the Polls, Dublin Bay South and […]
It was a pleasure to be joined on the tortoise shack by Alliance Party Cllr and Belfast City Mayor, Kate Nicholl. Kate, born in Zimbabwe, tells us about how Belfast became her home when she no longer had one and how, on this Refugee Week, she wants the city to be the same for people from all corners of the […]
Sinn Féin Senator and candidate in the Dublin Bay South by-election, Lynn Boylan, joined us to talk about her taking a legal case to test the constitutionality of the EU-Canada trade deal CETA,and the Tanaiste’s reaction to her doing so. We also discuss her campaign for a seat in what is a Fine Gael heartland, the Climate Action Bill, Irish […]
As hundreds of people marched, and burned a United Ireland banner, in Belfast yesterday evening, we sat down to talk with self-described “ordinary working class, Protestant, socialist-Unionist”, Sam Mcilwaine. Sam outlines what Loyalism and Unionism means to him and how it fits with his socialist political views. We discuss culture and his British identity and the feeling in his community […]
It was a pleasure to be joined on the tortoise shack by the Chairperson of the Mica Action Group, himself an affected homeowner, Eamonn Jackson, to discuss the campaign seeking 100% redress for the thousands of families impacted by this latest building standards scandal. Eamonn outlines the seriousness of the issue that has been happening since at least the early […]
We’ve just finished another terrific Live Sunday Special as Dr Vicky Conway led Martin and Tony, along with our special guests, Janet Ní Shúilleabháin and Tómas Ryan, through the week that was. We talked the ongoing reopening, the variant dangers, long-COVID and the States failure to deal with it, the Mother and Baby Homes Report, Women still having to travel […]
Listeners might remember last summer when we spoke with economist, hedge fund manager and co-author of Angrynomics, Eric Lonergan, about the radical steps he suggested needed to be taken by the US and the EU to prevent the worst economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting people who already feel left behind by their governments. So following our (Patron Only) […]