We covered the Forestry Bill quite a bit on The Tortoise Shack. So when investigative reporter, Niall Sargent, produced two excellent pieces into our forestry system, we had to get him back on. The numbers in the current Plantation Model aren’t good and Niall talks us through a myriad of complexities that have, in one contributors opinion, led to ‘a […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast brings back our mental health panel to discuss how lockdown two is impacting on people, particularly children and youth, with Mark Smyth, the President of the Psychological Society of Ireland and Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Fiona Coyle, CEO of Mental Health Reform, and Ciara O Connor Walsh, Director of Lust for Life. They make the case for […]
Did you know that Ireland has facilitated the movement of at least 3 million US Military Personnel through the airport in Shannon and that there is evidence linking at least 22 rendition flights using the same pathway? Our guest is John Lannon of the Anti-War Group, Shannon Watch, and he explains how our looking the other way facilitates the war […]
As Ireland grapples with a second lockdown and our coalition government seem to be busier infighting than fixing our collapsing Contact Tracing system, we needed some optimism. So we called our friend in Lisbon, Deputy Vice Leader of the Partido Socialista, to ask what they were doing and is there a difference in how his Left Wing Government are handling […]
This week Linda Hayden of the PAC Woman Podcast took the helm and led Martin, Vicky, and roving reporter Caroline through some of the news of the week. Caroline was live outside the Diggers to show everybody our Hero of the week Tony Groves, as he finished the Dublin City Marathon and so completed #Run2020 with two months to spare. […]
It has been a tumultuous week that has seen Ireland’s legacy of Institutional Abuse come to the fore in both the public and political realm. On this crossover podcast, Dr Vicky Conway and Tony are joined by Senator Alice-Mary Higgins and Solicitor Simon McGarr to try and make sense of it all. The panel look at the legal, ethical and […]
As Ireland’s contact tracing system fails and we begin a second lockdown, we speak to China Policy and Regulatory expert, Dr Paul O’Brien, who is currently completing his mandatory 14 day quarantine in Shanghai, China. Paul explains how Covid-19 has been pursued and eliminated in most of the country, how the Government react when they have an outbreak and he […]
Dr Vicky Conway of the Policed in Ireland Podcast joined Tony to cohost a podcast with Actor, Writer, Director and Activist, Noelle Brown. Born in Bessborough and denied access to the information that most of us take for granted, Noelle explains how the State put barriers in front of her at every step of her life. This is a powerful […]