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 Together for Diversity not Hate: March 2nd Dublin In this Podcast, Rory talks with the organisers of the Solidarity March Together Against Racism, Hate and War and for Homes, Health and Rights for All, including Clare O Connor, Community Activist, Stephanie Hanlon, convenor of Le Cheile, Paul Murphy TD and Lola Gonzalez, who is a long time advocate based in Leitrim standing up for migrants and refugees. The solidarity march is set to take place on March 2nd at 130pm in Dublin. We hope you can make it. The Candidate Rory Hearne podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-99319639 The Fresh Batch is available now here:https://open.spotify.com/show/6WCE6oZVS1Q6j5PDyJgdNd

.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 Rory, talks to Tanya Ward, CEO of the Children's Rights Alliance about the findings of the Report Card 2024 assessing the Government's progress on its commitments for children made in the Programme for Government. We discuss some positive work on education and food poverty, challenges on creating a public early years and education and childcare system, and the failures in mental health, and on-going shameful neglect of children in homelessness. You can read the full report here:Report-Card-2024.pdf (childrensrights.ie) The Candidate Rory Hearne podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-99319639

.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 to Professor Kieran McQuinn, Research Professor at the ESRI, about their new report, CONTRASTING HOUSING SUPPLY IN IRELAND, NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. We discuss the issues in the Irish housing market that are constraining supply, the need for the state to provide social and affordable housing, the role of investor funds, what will happen house prices, and Rory's proposal for a national building agency. We even share some thoughts on where house prices might be heading. Buckle up. The Gaza Fundraiser is here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/update-from-from-99005710

.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