TW: This podcast contains audio that some listeners may find disturbing We’ve just finished recording another podcast with our friend in Gaza, journalist, Hana Salah. She talks us through what has been happening since we last spoke and I have to be honest, I’m finding it very hard to compose myself as the sound of explosions were far too close […]
Regular listeners of the tortoise shack would be familiar with our friend and frequent contributor, Gaza based journalist, Hana Salah. As tensions in the region have been rising over the last few days, with evictions of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem and attempts to stop Muslims praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, things have tragically escalated this evening as […]
The sale of 170 houses to an Investment Fund has sparked a conversation amongst the public that listeners of the shack will have been having for several years. But what does Generation Rent and the Locked-out Generation really mean? To discuss this we were joined in the Tortoise Shack by activist and long-time friend of the pod, Mary Coogan and […]
This week for the Live Sunday Special it was a pleasure to be joined by founder of the Muslim Sisters of Eire, Lorraine O’Connor, Madrid based Professor Joe Haslam and Architect, Orla Hegarty. We discussed the Covid Poverty that has seen demand for Muslim Sisters of Eire’s services almost overwhelmed, the public anger at the housing crisis reaching what many […]
Special Correspondent with the Irish Examiner, Mick Clifford, joined Tony to host a debate on the solutions to the issue of Bogus Self Employment. Unite Trade Unionist, Brendan Ogle and our own Martin McMahon, discuss the draft proposals emerging from the Oireachtas Social Welfare Committee, with particular focus on a Statutory Code of Practice, the failure of Revenue and Social […]
It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by Writer, Author and Troubles historian, Dr Gareth Mulvenna. We discussed the recent scenes of violence, the echoes of the past, the fissures in Loyalism and why it remains true that those who refuse to learn from history are determined to repeat it. Gareth expresses his frustration at the […]
It was a pleasure to be rejoined in the tortoise shack by investigative reporter with Noteworthy, Niall Sargent, to discuss his latest 2 part report into Ireland’s carbon emissions. Niall talks us through the key findings and tells us where we are starting to get things right, but also points out where we need to see significant improvements. We discuss […]
We’ve just finished recording our 40th Live Sunday Special and it was terrific. Joining Martin and Tony were Actor, Writer and Adoption Rights Activist, Noelle Brown, Writer, Leadership Coordinator and Human Rights Activist, Emma DeSouza and Writer, Journalist and Broadcaster, Dawn Foster. Noelle talks us through the latest “update” on the Mother and Baby Homes Report and the retraumatising of […]