We decided to run our eye over the year and breakdown some of the best stories, actions, people, activists and everything in between. In this, part one, you’ll get our Person of the Year, Achievement of the Year, Lowlight of the Year and Story of the Year. You’ll also hear from comedian Killian Sundermann, self-described education rent-a-gob, (the brilliant) Ciara […]
This year the Sanctuaryrunners.ie are doing a virtual #RaceToTheNorthPole. With 5,628km to cover between 20th Dec to Christmas Eve, they’re looking for support. Joining us to talk about it is one of their founders, Graham Clifford. We also discuss the info-for-all initiative and building bonds and communities even in the face of the pandemic. Always great to chat with Graham. […]
It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by UCD Students Union President, Ruairi Power to discuss their report into the student accommodation crisis. He tells us about the survey they conducted and how it shows a large majority of students are paying unaffordable rents for accommodation that often doesn’t meet their needs. We also discuss the […]
It was a pleasure to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by Public Health Specialist, Dr Marie Casey, to talk about the ongoing response to COVID. Dr Casey tells us about some very positive developments in Public Health, including the development of an National Outbreak Response System, and discusses the learnings made from the ongoing pandemic. She outlines the foolishness […]
Many of our listeners would be aware of the work of righttoknow.ie, but you might not know that they’re back in court next week, this time the Supreme Court, in another battle for transparency. Co-founder and very, very busy guy, Gavin Sheridan joined us to tell us all about it. Then Gavin, who also compiles a excellent substack newsletter, HERE, […]
This week on another bumper Sunday Special we hosted a brilliant panel of ICCL’s Liam Herrick, Returning Champion, Emma DeSouza, Mr Polls Harry McEvansoneya and Dublin Inquirer Reporter, Shamim Malekmian. This time we talked the week that was and the year in review. We went deep on COVID and civil liberty restrictions, NI progress and the BoJo clown show, we […]
(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 […]