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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Last week as the 100 year Commemoration of the Partition of Ireland took place in Armagh, we were chating again with socialist Unionist, Sam Mcilwaine. Sam tells us why he thinks President Michael D. Higgins ‘missed a trick’ by not attending, he explains why the NI Protocol is seen as a further severing of the ties of the Union and […]
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 […]
This week in front of our live Tortoise Shack Members we recorded a very different, difficult, enraging and at times hopeful Sunday Special. We were joined from his hospital bed in CUH by Nadim Hussain, who is recovering from his 9 Day Hunger Strike in order to prevent his deportation. Nadim tells us how his parents were killed in 2018 […]
This was recorded for our patreon members on Sept 17th. But given the Tánaiste’s recent and unhelpful comments on scoliosis we’re posting it now here for all. Some of you might have seen the viral thread our guest, Physicist, Dan Nickstrom, (@dan462) posted about the healthcare his son received in Helsinki recently and how it compared to his experiences in […]
Last week Economist at Trinity College Dublin, Ronan Lyons, rejoined us on the tortoise shack to dig into housing policy and the supply challenges. We discuss Budget 2022 and whether Ireland should be in such a rush to balance its books. We look at Ronan’s claims of anti-science in the housing debate and ask where does he think we are […]