This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Mike Allen, Director of Advocacy of homelessness charity, Focus Ireland and Ann-Marie O’Reilly, Policy officer with Threshold, the national housing charity for tenants. We discuss the reasons underlying the recent increase in homelessness, and evictions in the private rental sector. Mike describes the current situation as one which they have never seen before as […]
This Reboot Republic podcast discusses what should be in Budget 2022 with Dr Tom McDonald of the Nevin Economic Research Institute and Dr Tricia Keilthy, Head of Policy, St Vincent De Paul. They outline what should be done to address key issues of poverty and inequality, and the economic analysis of where the economy is going and what should be […]
This Reboot Republic talks about what should be in the upcoming Budget 2022 to deliver affordable housing with Sinn Fein Housing Spokesperson, Eoin O Broin TD and author of Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer. We discuss funding and measures for affordable housing, public housing, and how to build the capacity to deliver housing at the scale required. We […]
This Reboot Republic podcast brings back one of listeners’ favourite guests – economist with SIPTU, Michael Taft. We talk about what measures should be introduced in the coming Budget to make Ireland a more equal society and economy. Michael explains about some serious issues that are not being factored in such as secular stagnation, climate change, and the need for […]
This Reboot Republic #HousingShock podcast talks to Professor Kieran McQuinn, of the ESRI, the Economic and Social Research Institute, about understanding why we are in the housing crisis, the scale of the housing affordability problem, and the economics behind why the state can and should borrow to build social and affordable housing on a major scale. Professor McQuinn worked in […]
In this Reboot Republic, Rory (and Tony) are joined by An Rabharta Glas – Green Left Councillor in Cork City, Lorna Bogue and Researcher, Urban Geographer and An Rabharta Glas member, Michael Rafferty, to discuss their Party’s Housing Paper: Response to Housing for All Government announcement 2 September 2021. You can download it HERE. We discuss their plan that they […]
This Reboot Republic talks to student representatives from across the country about the student accommodation crisis which has been described as the worst this country has ever seen. We talk to Clare Austick, President of the Union of Students in Ireland, Róisín Nic Lochlainn of the NUIGalway SU, Aine Daly of Technical University for the Shannon, Rachel McCartney of Waterford […]
Why Government Housing Policy is Inflating House Prices and Rents, with Mel Renolds This Reboot Republic talks to Architect and housing analyst, Mel Reynolds, about the current state of the Irish housing market, what will happen with prices and rents, why economists get it wrong with arguments around increased supply leading to reduced house prices. Mel analyses the Housing for […]