Ep.75 – Rose Marie Maughan: Defeat Hate by Spreading Love

In this special Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Human Rights Activist and National Traveller Accommodation Policy Officer with the Irish Traveller Movement, Rose Marie Maughan. Rose Marie shares her story and explains how the Traveller community experience systemic and devastating discrimination and racism. This is an excellent podcast with a powerful woman. The onus is on us all to become […]

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Ep.74 – Cherished Unequally: Children of the Pandemic

In this Reboot Republic Podcast, Rory is joined by a panel of educators, experts and advocates to discuss the reality of lockdown and school closure for the children of the Pandemic with additional needs and children from disadvantaged areas. Including Dr Carol Coulter, Director of the Child Care Law Report Project, Suzanne Connolly, CEO of Barnardos, Niamh Murray, Principal, Rutland […]

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Ep.69 – Housing First: How Finland is Ending Homelessness

This special Reboot Republic sets out how to solve one of the biggest social crises in Ireland, and indeed globally, that of homelessness. Rory talks with Juha Kaakinen, CEO of the Y-Foundation, the biggest Finnish NGO providing housing for homeless people, about how Finland has radically reduced homelessness. Juha explains how Finland closed its hostels and worked on providing dedicated […]

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Ep.71 – Too Many Preventable Deaths with Niamh O’Rourke

In this Reboot Republic podcast Rory talks to Niamh O Rourke, Senior Social Worker in Inclusion Health, St James’s Hospital Dublin. Niamh talks about how inequalities and isolation are affecting people in COVID, detailing the mental and physical health impacts of homelessness, especially unsupported private homeless accommodation and the need for greater investment in the Housing First approach. She explains […]

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Ep.66 – Using Social Policy to Shape Social Justice Change – Dr Seamus Taylor

This Reboot Republic podcast talks to Dr Seamus Taylor, head of the Department of Applied Social Studies Maynooth University. Seamus was formerly a researcher with the ESRI, a social worker with the London Irish Centre Charity, and Director of Strategy at the Commission for Racial Equality in Britain from 2000-2003. He worked on the public sector’s role in promoting equality […]

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Ep.70 – Early Years Education: Exhausted and Undervalued

This Reboot Republic podcast talks with Deborah Reynolds, an early years educator from Galway and a trade union activist and Sabrina Ryan, a SIPTU organiser working on the Big Start campaign. Deborah outlines the reality for childcare workers and early years educators as one of burnout, anxiety and feeling undervalued. A recent survey of childcare and early years educators found […]

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Ep.67 – The Financialisation of Housing with Prof Manuel Aalbers

In this very special Reboot Republic Podcast I am joined by Professor Manuel Aalbers, professor of urban and economic geography at the University of Leuven and author of The Financialization of Housing. Manuel explains how the financialisation of housing – the increased treatment of housing as a financial asset is leading to major problems and exclusion in housing systems, such […]

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Ep.68 – Zero Covid and Public Health

In this Reboot Republic podcast, Professor Clíona Ni Cheallaigh, Clinical Lead of Inclusion Health and Infectious Diseases in St James’ Hospital, about why Ireland needs a Zero Covid strategy and why the Government is refusing to implement it. Clíona critiques the false dichotomy of economy versus public health and sets out key aspects to achieving a Zero Covid, including investing […]

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