It was a pleasure to be joined by two of the editors, Aoife O’Donoghue and Mairead Enright, to discuss what is an alternative executive summary to that issued by the State following the publication of the Mother and Baby Homes Report. Joining me as co-host was solicitor who is acting for some of the survivors, Simon McGarr. We discuss what […]
Dublin has a new Lord Mayor in Labour Cllr Alison Gilliland, so we decided to chat to her. Alison outlines her ambitions for her term, her key objectives on Dublin’s COVID recovery, Housing and wanting a city inclusive of our LGBTQI community. We also discuss the indoor dining issues, the opportunity to replace some retail spaces with culture and creative […]
We just finished what was without doubt one of my favourite Live Sunday Specials. We were joined by Emma DeSouza and Sam Mcilwaine to take a deep-dive into the NI, 12th, bonfires and incitement, apathy in the South, inequality, the Northern Ireland protocol and lots more. Simon McGarr also joined us to talk events in Southern politics and the narratives […]
There’s no doubting that both Clare Daly and Mick Wallace have made headlines the last few months. Trips to Syria and Iraq have led to questions about their actions and motivations. So we asked them. Clare and Mick make no apologies for sitting outside of the EU orthodoxy and whilst we certainly don’t agree on everything said, we felt it […]
Tomorrow, Saturday July 10th at 12 noon at the Spire on O’Connell Street, survivors of sexual abuse will meet to march to Leinster House and then on to the St John’s Ambulance where they’ll hand in a letter calling on that organisation to do more to support the victims abused by a former member. Our friend, himself a victim, Mick […]
A few days ago we recorded a podcast with award winning journalist with the Irish Examiner and friend of the pod, Aoife Grace Moore, for our patreon supporters. But several of them have asked me to put it out on general release, so here it is. We discussed her story about how a victim of domestic violence has been treated […]
It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack via zoom by An Rabharta Glas – Green Left, Michael Rafferty, about one of the most exciting developments to happen to the eco-socialism in Ireland. We discuss their ambitions for an intersectional movement, look at ways to tackle hegemony, explore Ireland’s role in global tax avoidance and much, much […]
We’ve just finished recording a terrific Live Podcast with Soc Dem member, Activist and Campaigner, Isabelle Flanagan, the man behind the fab Vintage Kitchen Restaurant, Sean Drugan and writer and founder of the Justice for Bloody Sunday campaign as well as the Free Derry Museum, Tony Doherty. Tony talks about the impact the decision not to charge Soldier F will […]