In advance of the 3rd annual Housing Conference in NUI Maynooth, in collaboration with Reboot Republic, Rory reads his article published in the Irish Times, Housing solutions as critical to our lives as health and education. The broken and dysfunctional housing market in Ireland and its harsh inequalities have been highlighted by the Covid pandemic. It has never been more […]
On Friday the 9th of April, we held a Live Reboot Republic Podcast with an audience of tortoise shack supporters. Senator Lynn Ruane joined Rory to interview a panel of brilliant in guests. The entire show was over 2hrs and 30mins long and is available in full on our consolidated patreon feed (join us here. But for you non-members here’s […]
This Reboot Republic podcast talks to a panel of special needs assistants, teachers, and early years educators. Rory is joined by guest co-host Jana Lyons, primary teacher and trade union activist. They talk with Carol McSherry, Equality Officer in Forsa Union, SNAs Speak Out, Linda O Sullivan, SNA and Co founder SNA advocacy Group, Deborah Reynolds, Early Childhood Teacher, Galway […]
In this episode 4 of Housing Shock I talk to Orla Hegarty, of the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, about the housing market and how to provide affordable, quality and sustainable homes for individuals, families and communities. We discuss the potential supply from vacant and derelict properties, and the short and long term problems with ‘build to […]
This Reboot Republic welcomes back Niall Conroy, Irish consultant in Public Health working in Australia. We discuss Mandatory Hotel Quarantine, vaccines and a global strategy, the development of variants, public health and what could happen in the coming months and years with COVID19. Niall outlines his recent experience dealing with a COVID outbreak in Queensland, and how they responded by […]
This Reboot Republic podcast discusses the issue of schools and COVID19, how they can be kept open and safe for the school community, in conjunction with the Children’s Futures campaign and Children’s Rights Alliance. In the discussion are Dr Abigail Collins, Consultant in Public Health, Aine Lynch, National Parents Council & Children’s Futures Campaign, Erika a secondary school student and […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Niamh Cummins, an educator and public health researcher specialising in health services research. Niamh explains the role and importance of ‘public health’ in responding to pandemics such as COVID19. She outlines how the Irish Public Health system was inadequately resourced to respond to the pandemic, with public health specialists not being given Consultant contracts […]
This episode of Housing Shock talks to Dr Phil Lawton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography in Trinity College Dublin. We discuss what will the post-COVID city look like? What is gentrification and who are the creative class reshaping our urban spaces? We also discuss how to make inclusive, sustainable, liveable cities, touching on issues of land, financialisation, capital, […]