On Jan 30th 1972 thousands of people took to the streets of Derry as part of the Civil Rights movement. The British/ Stormont government had introduced internment laws, effectively outlawing the right to protest. British soldiers opened fire on protesters in one of the worst atrocities committed on this island. After they’d stopped firing 13 people were dead and one […]
Following on from the SW Committee and PAC Committee hearings into bogus self employment, Martin has lodged a formal complaint with the Clerk of the Dail which has been referred to the Privileges Committee by the Ceann Comhairle Dear Clerk of the Dáil, I make this submission pursuant to Standing Order 71. I am adversely affected by utterances contained in […]
Earlier we recorded a packed Sunday Special in front of a live online audience of our supporters. As always, it was the best podcast of the week. This week Martin, Vicky and myself were joined by Trade Unionist, Activist and podcaster (The Week at Work) Michelle Byrne, Mr Irish election projections himself, Harry McEvansoneya and Gaza based journalist, Hana Salah, […]
Another crazy week is done and the Sunday Special Live Podcast was back to break it all down. This week Dr Caroline West of Glow West led Dr Vicky Conway from Policed and Martin and Tony to go through as much as you can in an hour. Our special guests were Dr Mohsin Kamal on Covid in our hospitals and […]
We are back and this week Linda Hayden leads Caroline, Martin, Tony and Vicky through the week that was. Plus we were thrilled to be joined by Counsellor and Psychotherapist, Ejiro Ogbevoen and Journalist and Writer, Dawn Foster. We talk Covid-19, George Nkencho and the grief process, the school situation, domestic violence over the holidays, Brexit in Covid-19 UK, the […]
This week Tony was “hosting” and was joined by Caroline, Linda, Martin and Vicky for our usual dive into the weeks news and some stories you might have missed out on. We had a lot to cover. We discussed the Bloody Sunday Commemorations, Seamus Woulfe Watch, NPHET vs the Govt, RTE and the class based curtain twitcher’s, the ongoing Brexit […]
These Live Pods are so much fun. This week we covered the latest political opinion poll, the McGregor arrest, gender reveal parties, sex work submissions and then journalist Peter McGuire joined us to talk about his brilliant series on Noteworthy, Speak or Survive. We also take big look into what happened yesterday on the streets of Dublin. The full version, […]
We are delighted to be joined by BBC World Service journalist, Ellis Palmer, as part of our series looking at the good things that could possibly come from the Covid-19 pandemic. We discuss how our society, that already had a long way to go to level the playing field for disabled people, needs to react to the new normal. Ellis […]