It was great to chat again on the shack with our friend, journalist Hana Salah in Gaza. Unfortunately the updates, despite the end of the current conflict, aren’t very good. Hana tells us about the cost that the recent “war” that Hama have called ‘The Sword of Jerusalem’ has wreaked upon one of the most densely populated areas in the […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, Colin Harvey, to discuss the Shared Island Project and the exciting opportunities that are ahead for all the people on this island. Colin discusses some of the negative attention he has received, but focusses on the solutions and discussions […]
In what is always the best podcast of the week, we were delighted to be joined by writer, activist and Good Friday Agreement advocate, Emma DeSouza, journalist and broadcaster, Dawn Foster and Trade Union Organisier and human rights activist, Julia Marciniak, who helped us look at the week that was. We talked: Edwin Poots, the DUP and where to for […]
We were delighted to be joined by Sinn Féin Seantor, Lynn Boylan, to discuss the ridiculous situation that means the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), which is a payment to landlords, is taken as income for the purposes of denying Legal Aid to people and how this stupidity exposes the victims of domestic violence to further dangers. We also talk a […]
Journalist, Roman Protasevich was forced from a Ryan Air flight between Athens and Vilnius, by the Belarussian authorities, in what is by all definitions a disgraceful breach of international law. So we called Moscow based journalist, Alan Moore, to talk about how something like this could happen, the EU’s reaction and the wider geopolitical game that is been played out […]
Last week we spoke with filmmaker and director of the documentary Unquiet Graves, Sean Murray. We discussed his work and the reaction to it by prominent politicians and journalists, his PhD in Post-Conflict Trauma, the Eoghan Harris/Barbara Pym trolling, his upcoming Dr David Kelly film and his project of recording personal stories from the Troubles to create a mosaic of […]
We have just finished our 43rd Sunday Special and we covered a lot. I want to thank our guests, Editor of the Southern Star, Siobhan Cronin, Union Activist and Primary School Teacher, Jana Lyons, Chemotherapy Pharmacist, DJ Walsh and writer and playwright, Emmet Kirwan. We discuss the latest from Gaza, the State supporting cuckoo funds, the HSE Cyberattack, US inflation […]
As the ceasefire comes into effect, I talked with our friend and Gaza based journalist Hana Salah, about the last 11 days, the cost of the conflict and what might be next. The Call to Prayer can be heard in the background and it was great when you realise that the last few days it’s been missiles we’ve been listening […]