We’ve just finished recording a really excellent Sunday Special. Joining Martin and Tony are journalist with the Dublin Inquirer, Shamim Malekmian, Author, Alvagh Cronin, Mr Irish election projections, Harry McEvenasoneya and GFA advocate, writer and regular contributor, Emma DeSouza. We talked about Shamim’s work in exposing children going missing from our asylum system, the murder of MP Sir David Amess, […]
It was a pleasure to be joined in The Tortoise Shack with Réiseal Ní Chéilleachair who is Head of International Advocacy with Concern Worldwide and by Asst Prof in Security Studies, DCU, Caitriona Dowd, to discuss the report into the use of hunger as a means of warfare, Ireland’s seat on the UN Council, the climate challenge and the wars […]
We were joined by Independent International Development Consultant, Researcher Affiliate with the Cambridge Central Asia Forum and lead author of the report joint Oxfam and Trócaire report – Sustainable Food Systems: Steps Ireland can take to become a global leader, Sinead Mowlds, to talk all things food. Sinead outlines the context for the report, some of the key findings, where […]
On this weeks Sunday Special we were joined by new public rep for PBP Clondalkin, Darragh Adelaide and Senior Reporter with the Business Post, Killian Woods. We talk the NI Partition Commemorations. Comrade Dermot Desmond, the supply and demand fallacy, PBP for change and not just protest, the Slaintecare failure repackaged as a success, the Pension timebomb scam and the […]
Whistleblowers are responsible for identification and recovery of more money than all the regulatory bodies of the EU combined. So why is it that ‘Whistleblower’ has such negative connotations not just in the EU, but particularly in Ireland? We are joined by whistleblowers, Julie Grace and Noel McGree, to discuss their recent appearance at the Finance Committee, where they spoke […]
It was a pleasure to speak with one of the worlds leading voices on tax, inequality and international development, economist, senior economic justice adviser and Executive Coordinator at Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Dereje Alemayehu. We discuss the carve-up by the G7 that has left most of the world outside the door while the new Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate […]
As part of our coverage of global tax avoidance/abuse and Ireland’s part in it, we were joined by Zambia based Policy Researcher and Advocacy Manager at Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), Chenai Mukumba and Director of ActionAid Vietnam and leading member of the Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) & Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia (TAFJA), Hoang Phuong […]
Joining Martin and Tony to discuss the week that was are comedian, Killian Sundermann, writer and activist, Emma DeSouza and Sinn Féin health spokesperson, David Cullinane. We ask: Is Sláintecare dead or can it be revived? Why would you want to dump the NI Protocol and suffer more economic hardship? What is happening with immigration and fortress Europe? Are Data […]