Sunday afternoon means Sunday Special and lots of laughs. This week Linda took the reins and was joined by returning champion, Aoife Martin, journalist Jack Horgan-Jones and an udience of our members to discuss the events of the week. We talk about the appointment of a former Sun editor to the Govt Press Office, another week were people spoke at […]
Recently we spoke with journalist, Hana Salah in Gaza, Palestine. Yes, that’s the Call to Prayer you can hear at the very start. We discussed how Covid-19 has impacted an economy and health system that was already teetering on the brink, the continued blockade and the hopes (maybe??) for a change of direction under a Biden presidency. We then talk […]
We are joined in the #tortoiseshack by the chair of the Irish Congress of Trade Union’s Construction Industry Committee, Billy Wall. Billy has been working with ICTU to tackle bogus self employment. We explore the billion euro cost, the loss of workers rights and the State’s inexplicable refusal to take on what we see as rogue employers. We also delve […]
We regularly record short podcasts for our members. This was meant to be one of them, but if you’ve seen much of the recent social media reaction to what looks a lot like a mainstream attempt to import UK Culture Wars, that specifically focus on Trans Rights, into Ireland, you’d know why we put this out everywhere. We were delighted […]
We’ve just finished our weekly Live podcast with you, our members. We had a lot to cover and despite the heavy subject matter, Caroline made it fun and informative. We discussed: Image Based Sexual Abuse and the Garda Commissioner’s statement.Covid, the lifting of Level 5 and the success of lobbying. Seamus Woulfe, Helen McEntee and how these things get done. […]
It’s not easy being Green… We were just joined by Green Party TD for Dublin Central and the Party Spokesperson for Finance, Nease Hourigan. We had a lot to catch up about. We talk about her work in questioning the Government’s monitoring of social media accounts and the Well-being Index that she wants to see introduced as part of the […]
A Patreon members have heard this already, but in what was his first interview since the article in Villag magazine was published, Medical Professional and the source of that now infamous Confidential Leak story, Chay Boews talked to us about the story that has badly damaged Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar. We discuss the genesis of the story, the links to the […]
We were delighted to catch up with writer and journalist with The Intercept, Jon Schwarz, to talk about life in the US post Presidential election. Jon explains the Russian Roulette that is the US election process and the discuss Covid America, Trump’s America and the America, Joe Biden is soon to be President of. We also ask about Glenn Greenwald’s […]