Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic Podcast, Rory talks about the upcoming referendums on the family and care to Orla O Connor, Director of the National Women's Council, Ailbhe Smyth, activist and academic, and Damien Peelo, CEO of Treoir. We discuss why these referendums will make a difference in giving equality to all Ireland’s children that were born outside of marriage, recognising the diversity of families in Ireland, and really valuing care. We outline why it is so important that everyone gets out and votes yes for the Ireland that we are today, and to give clear direction to this and all future Governments to better support families and care. To get involved in the Yes Yes campaign go to:www.nwci.ie The Gaza Fundraiser is here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/important-update-98690483 The Spanish Politics Special Podcast is here:

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please help keep the mics on by joining us at:patreon.com/tortoiseshack CW: This conversation discusses subject matter that some people may find upsetting. Another highlight from the Podcasts for Palestine was the live Reboot Republic conversation between our very own Dr Rory Hearne and Irish Psychologists for Palestine's Dr Meg Ryan. A terrific listen especially as we are all witnessing horrors daily from Gaza on our phone screens. Then musician and activist, Martin Leahy, takes to the stage to lift everyone's spirits with a uplifting rendition of his song "Palestine." If you find yourself singing along, don't worry, Martin had the Sugar Club on its feet singing! The latest update from the West Bank with Hannah McCarthy is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-98331907

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Join us and help keep this show going at:patreon.com/tortoiseshack This is a recording of the excellent live podcast, 'Do we need investor funds? How can we get affordable housing?' hosted by Rory Hearne with special guests O Cualann CEO, Hugh Brennan, Business Post's Killian Woods, CATU's Aisling Hedderman and architect, Alfonso Bonilla. A really interesting discussion that outlines the negative impact of investor funds on the housing market for those looking to buy or rent an affordable home, and solutions that outline how we can get affordable housing, and the three things you should ask election candidates on housing when they come knocking on your door. The Full Pod with Q&A is available now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-96782556

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ireland's inequality problem: time to tax wealth or The trickle down myth: wealth is being sucked up In this Reboot Republic podcast Rory talks to Bríd McGrath, Director of Public Affairs at Oxfam Ireland, about their latest report “Inequality Inc.”, which shows that Ireland´s richest two Irish billionaires have more wealth than the bottom half of the population, the richest 1% hold 35.4% of Irish financial wealth.and a progressive wealth tax on Irish millionaires and billionaires could generate up to €9.2 billion a year. Rather than blaming refugees and aslyum seekers we should focus on the real problems - the myth of the trickle down economics and the reality that wealth is being sucked up to the billionaires from everyone else. The first release from Podcasts for Palestine is out now here and it is a must listen:https://www.patreon.com/posts/97471772

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 The current UK government seem to rely on an unforeseen f@ck up coming along in order to distract the public from the latest unforeseen f'ck up. But what is the alternative? Our guest, listener-favourite, Prof Richard Murphy, recently wrote 'Five reasons to reject Keir Starmer’s Labour at a General Election' so you know we had to have him back on the pod As usual with Richard we get stuck into UK politics, the economic outlook and dive-deep in an effort to find some hope for what is or may be to come. Is 2024 the year where something new is born or are we sleep walking into weakening democracy? The Luke Ming Flanagan interview is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-97063426

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Tickets:https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 In this first podcast of 2024, Rory talks with Louisa Santoro, CEO of Mendicity (Ireland's oldest charity), about the homelessness crisis affecting people living in Ireland and newly arrived asylum seekers, and the lack of a whole of Government response. They discuss the real causes of homelessness being in the lack of social and affordable housing. They ask why record levels of homelessness are still not treated as an emergency by the Government? They also delve into the mental health impacts of being in homelessness, and the work being done by Mendicity empowering those in homelessness through supporting services and social enterprise. To find out more about Mendicity: Home - Mendicity Sign the Gaffs4All Petition: #Gaffs4All | Uplift Join CATU- the community and tenants union If you missed the investor funds live podcast it is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-96782556

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic Podcast, Rory talks about the rise of the far right in Europe and its roots in the cuts to public services, with Professor Catherine De Vries, Dean of international affairs and Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University in Milan. Professor De Vries sets out how recent electoral inroads in Europe for the far right reflect public dislike of government cuts in public services, and trying to defeat the far-right by taking a tougher line on migration would be a mistake, based on wrong lessons drawn from the far right’s rise. Immigration motivates a hard core of far-right voters. But an important driver of the far right’s current success is the centre right’s hollowing out of public services through austerity. Attempts to get tougher on migration will do little to reverse the far right’s advances. Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647 Season 2 of Múscailt is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-96586459

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please join us in 2024 at:patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast Rory talks to real estate expert Rob Cass (and friend of the pod), Director of Irish Sustainable Homes, about the housing crisis, how Ireland is not full, we have land and vacant buildings but a failure to acknowledge and plan for real levels of housing need, and three ways in which we can provide housing for everyone here, and the diaspora and future population growth , why the market wont provide affordable homes and how we can do it, through a number of ways including changing local authority plans, providing credit for SMEs to build and renovate, investing in vacant and derelict housing in towns across the country. The latest from Palestine with Hannah McCarthy in Ramallah is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-96095413 Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator We've seen in Ireland and indeed globally a rebranding of State failures to make real progress in Climate Action into so-called historic successes. Yes, there has been some good things added to plans, but surely we should have moved beyond worrying about what type of linguistic gymnastics is less offensive to the fossil fuel industry? Joining Tony and Rory is Mr. Glass Half Empty himself, climate activist and commentator, John Gibbons, and he serves us a few shots of cold hard truth that would sober up even the drunkest drinker of Hopium. Please join us in 2024 and help keep this show on the road: patreon.com/tortoiseshack

.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Tickets for Podcasts for Palestine Here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcasts-for-palestine-tickets-782538141647?aff=oddtdtcreator In this podcast Rory talks with Dr. Meg Ryan about our different emotional responses to the Genocide in Gaza, the psychology of the de-humanisation of the people of Palestine, finding ways to sustain ourselves through conversations, bearing witness, taking collective action, and why Psychologists in Ireland have come together to form Psychologists for Palestine. Dr. Meg Ryan is Assistant Professor in Global Health, and Director of the MSc in Global Mental Health in Trinity college and a practicing Chartered Counselling Psychologist. You can find out more about Psychologists for Ireland here: https://www.instagram.com/irishpsychologistsforpalestine The Tadhg Hickey interview is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-94992441