This Reboot podcast talks to four wonderful and eloquent Leaving Cert students, Isabelle Flanagan, Ryan McGinley, Bernadette Sanchez and Matthew Ryan, about their views about doing in the Leaving Cert in the middle of a global pandemic. We look at proposals for different options for the Leaving Cert 2021, including predictive grades and reduced material. Importantly they highlight the need […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Chloe Timperley, author of Generation Rent: Why You cant buy a home (or even rent a good one) about what is the housing crisis of Generation Rent, insecurity, unaffordability, and rogue landlords. Chloe outlines the situation in the UK – how Generation rent has been locked into permanent unaffordable renting, the future crisis of […]
In this Reboot Republic podcast we are delighted to welcome back global expert on inequality – Professor Richard Wilkinson, co-author of the Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone and the Inner Level: How more Equal Societies Reduce Stress, and Improve Everyone’s Well-Being. Richard outlines the status and mental health impacts of inequality, how more equal societies achieve better […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Dr Lucy Michael, who is an independent researcher in the area of equality and integration, a spokesperson for Fingal Communities Against Racism, author (with Bryan Fanning) of Immigrants as Outsiders in the Two Irelands (MUP, 2019), and a Commission Member on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. We talk about how Fingal Communities Against […]
This Reboot Republic talks to Niall Sargent, Investigative Reporter with Noteworthy.ie and to Brid McKeown of the Migrants Rights Centre of Ireland, about the conditions of migrant workers in the horticultural sector. Niall outlines the key findings from Noteworthy’s recent crowdfunded investigation which included low pay, poor conditions, the fear of speaking out and the general lck of labour rights […]
This Reboot Republic is particularly special and insightful – Rory chats to his sister Kate Marie, who is a primary school teacher in Tramore, Waterford and mom of a 1 year old and 3 year old. Kate talks about the challenges and joys of being a mother of young kids, they also talk about the impact of Direct Provision and […]
In this Reboot Republic Podcast we talk to Mike Allen, Director of Advocacy with homelessness and housing charity Focus Ireland and author of Ending Homelessness, about what needs to be done to solve the homelessness crisis in Ireland. Mike explains how Finland radically reduced their levels of homelessness through a housing first plan and strategy of allocating housing to those […]
In this Reboot Republic podcast we talk to award winning Guardian Columnist and friend of the pod, John Harris. We get his analysis of Brexit, Boris Johnson and where the politics of the Conservative party is heading. We also discuss the inequalities magnified by COVID and the recession, pandemics and social change, possibilities of hope, the Labour party and finally […]