Ep.452 – #StopCeta with Alice-Mary Higgins

We were joined in the tortoise shack by Independent Senator, Alice-Mary Higgins and I don’t think you’ll get a more comprehensive explanation of the issues and problems with the CETA deal. Alice-Mary points out that we don’t need to do this and that in fact, the political environment has changed so much since the deal was proposed that going into […]

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Ep.449 – Firefighting in Public Health with Dr Marie Casey

We were delighted to joined by Specialist in Public Health, Dr Marie Casey. She talks us through the last 10 months and points out that while we are still firefighting, we must right now also be preparing for other curve balls and planning more than one exit strategy. We also talk about the emotional, societal, economic and health service recovery […]

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Tortoise Shack Live: #WeCanBeZero

This week Linda Hayden of the PAC Woman Podcast, walked Martin, Vicky and Tony through a jam packed Tortoise Shack Live Podcast. We covered amongst other things: Gamestop crashing Wall St, the Polish Abortion ban, #WeCanBeZero with Tomás Ryan, the Mother and Baby Homes investigation in NI and the deletions from the recent report with Simon McGarr, the Greens and […]

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Ep.447 – Ben is Staying!

Good News Klaxon! There’s a lot of doom and gloom these days, so when we heard that Ben Akhile’s deportation order had been revoked (see previous podcast Ben’s Deportation) we got back on to his partner, Bernie D’Arcy to find out all about it. Then to make things even better, Ben himself spoke to us about the relief they both […]

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Ep.445 – Zero Covid with Aoife McLysaght

It was a pleasure to be joined in The Tortoise Shack by Geneticist and member of the Independent Scientific Advocacy Group, Aoife McLysaght. We talked about the state of play now in the public realm around the pursuit of zero covid and the need for transparency in whatever plan the Government actually decide on. We cover a lot in this […]

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Ep.439 – #Thanksamillion with Graham Clifford

We were delighted to be joined for this short podcast by one of the really good guys, Graham Clifford, about his idea to turn the one year anniversary of Covid-19 in Ireland into an time when we, as well as reflect, give some thanks for whatever we are grateful for. This is a lovely idea and one that we are […]

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Ep.443 – Thomas Pringle on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Our guest in the tortoise shack is Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle. Thomas tells us about his Bill to implement the UN International Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which he is bringing to the floor of the Dáil tomorrow. That Ireland hasn’t implemented this already is wrong. That several TD’s who supported it last year when in […]

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Ep.442 – The Sunday Special: Zero Covid and Vaccine Capitalism

We just finished another Sunday Special and this week we were joined by friend of the shack, Saoirse McHugh. We talked Leo the Leak, the (not so) Green’s taking another run at ratifying CETA, Ireland as an official tax haven, Zero Covid and what is really disproportionate, the US inauguration and the Russian protests. We then opened the mics up […]

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