We are joined in the #TortoiseShack by People Before Profit TD, Paul Murphy. We discuss Paul’s move with ‘Rise’ to PBP and how ‘Rise’ remains a movement of ideas. We also chat about the left, the far left and the rhetoric in recent days. Paul explains how there is a gap for an eco-socialist party on the left and how […]
As you may have seen Green Party TD Patrick Costello has launched a High Court Challenge to the planned ratification of CETA. So of course we gave him a call. Patrick tells us why he believes the idea of giving powers to the Investor Dispute Courts may usurp the independence of our judiciary in the Constitution and why he feels […]
A Tortoise Shack supporter asked recently about Housing Prof Lorcan Sirr. So we called him up. Lorcan talks to us about the push by Developers and their acolytes for high-rise apartments and totally debunks the line that Ireland is way out of line with other European State. Example: EU Apartment Stock in Urban Areas is 40%, Dublin is 35.8%. Hardly […]
In our 30th Live Sunday Special, Linda walked Martin, Vicky, James and Tony through the stories of the week and some things that slipped under the radar. We were joined by Eoin and Nita from Abolish Direct Provision and Dublin Lord Mayor, Hazel Chu (with a brief appearance by Mini-Mayor) to discuss the violent protests on the streets of Dublin, […]
It was a pleasure to be joined by Breda O’Donoghue from the Travellers Visibility Group, based in Cork and Unite Trade Unionist, Brendan Ogle on the new report: Hungry Bellies Are Not Equal To Full Bellies, which is a response to an article by Pat Leahy “Ireland is becoming more unequal? Wrong” Irish Times Dec 5th 2020. Breda explains how […]
It was great to catch up with tortoise shack regular, Solicitor, Fred Logue. We discuss a very significant judgement from the High Court on Wind Farms. Fred outlines how this was won and on what grounds. He also outlines the big battles ahead on Strategic Housing Development legislation. This is a real eye opener! Don’t miss it. Here’s the info […]
We just finished recording a short podcast with Siobhan, who is a survivor of the Mother and Baby Homes and one of the 549 people who gave their testimony to the Commission. She outlines how she feels that the Commission framed her testimony even as she was giving evidence and how events of the last few months have only served […]
It was great to catch up with Prof Joe Haslam in Madrid to discuss the recent elections in Catalonia, what that means for the Independence movement and the issues around free speech that have surfaced over the arrest of the rapper Pablo Hasél. We also talk about the underlying inequality and how this is the real driver of social unrest, […]