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In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Dwayne Woods, artist manager, music publicist and mental health advocate, who just last week was made homeless by repeated state failures to support him from avoiding becoming homeless. He tells his story which challenges the Government spin that describes homelessness as having complex causes, and shows its state failure - housing failure, that is causing homelessness. Dwayne's story is powerful and heartbreaking. Please share it.
The Whistleblower vs the Public Accounts Committee Podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-106599653
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Jenny Roche, who, with her family, is facing eviction from their home in Galway. Jenny is a lecturer in film in NUI Galway and has been living in her rental home for 19 years. She tells her housing story of living in fear, anxiety, the impact on her child, and how she is overholding because there is no where to go and she refuses to be evicted into hidden homelessness.
This is the tsunami of evictions we've warned about and with almost 19,000 notices to quit served to tenants in 2023, the Government must re-instate the eviction ban, make the tenant in situ scheme work, and stop evictions into homelessness. As Jenny says, renters need to come together and take action.
Please email the Minister for Housing Darragh O Brien and Galway County Council calling on them to keep Jenny and her family in their home.
Join CATU - the tenants union.
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In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Tony about the last few weeks of his candidacy for the Midlands North-West MEP election, the highs, lows and everything in between. They also discuss the results and dig into some of the outcomes and what learnings the broad left must take after what was a mixed bag of voting.
The Eoin Ó Broin post-election and planning bill podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-106538176
The Dignity for Gaza Appeal is here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/nuseirat-dr-105860337 -
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It was a pleasure to be rejoined on the podcast from Nuseirat by Dr Musallam Abukhalil from the medical shelter where he works with his colleagues and the volunteers with Dignity for Palestine, and activist artist Adam SpiceBag Doyle. We just wish it was under better circumstances.
We talk about how things are right now on the ground in Gaza and the immense suffering of thousands of displaced people and how voluteers are resilient, yet overwhelmed.
Note Adam is donating money from the sales of his An Phalaistín scarves to Dignity for Palestine.
You can get them here:https://spicebagmerch.bigcartel.com/product/an-phalaistin-scarf
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To help Khalid get his family out of Gaza you can donate to:https://gofund.me/39137fbb
An Irish Palestinian Story of Genocide
In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Khalid El-Astal, who was born in Belfast, when his father was doing a PhD in Queens University. He then moved to Gaza with his brothers and family when he was 8. He shares his story of living with the reality of the Isreali genocide. He tells how his wife and mother were killed in Gaza in November by Israeli bombs, and how his father and brothers are still in Gaza trying to leave. I also talk to Daithi MacAnBhaird from Kildare Palestine Solidarity Campaign about their connection with Khalid, and the on-going work they are doing.
And to get involved with Kildare Palestine Solidarity Campaign go to @ipsc.kildare
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Messaging & actions of hope to counter the far-right
In this Reboot Republic podcast. Rory discusses messaging and taking actions based on hope, solidarity and solutions to counter the far right, with Niamh McDonald of the Hope and Courage Collective and Emily Duffy of parable. Niamh and Emily explain their research on messaging and the far right, and provide ideas and ways to communicate with audiences to win them away from far right arguments, but also the importance of community organising to get real positive change.
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In this podcast Rory and Tony talk to Martha Ní Riada the President of UCD Student's Union about the encampment of students taking place in solidarity with Palestine. Martha sets out the core demands of the students, calling on the University in relation to the Boycott Divestment Sanctions campaign, and tells us how the camp is going and what people can do.
Support the Irish Palestine Solidarity Action Saturday 18th Dublin 1pm Parnell Sq
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Joining us on this Reboot Republic podcast, is award winning Guardian political commentator and the host of their Politics Weekly Podcast, John Harris.
We discuss the fallout from the UK local elections, the imminent end of this Conservative government, the prospects for a better and fairer deal from a Labour government and the hope that is not seen in the headlines, but that John sees in the communities that he visits and the people who he talks with.
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Professor Emeritus John Sweeney of Maynooth University about the reality of climate change that is here now, social justice and inequality and climate policy, Ireland's failing to meet its carbon budgets, and what is needed to be done in agriculture, transport, and at a European Union level.
Guardian Political Commentator and host of their Politics Weekly Podcast, John Harris joined us to talk UK politics and the hope that we might not be able to see yet. Out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-103920517
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.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackRespect at work & solidarity in society!As part of Trade Union Week, in this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Ethel Buckley, Deputy General Secretary of SIPTU trade union and Maeve Richardson, the National Student Voice Organiser for the Irish Second-level Students’ Union (ISSU) and a SIPTU member.We discuss the growing support for trade unions among young people, the reality of union busting in Ireland, the need for strong worker' rights and collective bargaining legislation, and a new Union campaign organised by CWU, FSU, Mandate and SIPTU called Respect at Work. We also discuss the important role of unions in tackling the rise of the far right and racism and building cross society and worker solidarity.You can find out more about Respect at Work https://respectatwork.ie/The Climate Pod with Prof John Sweeney is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-103328240
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In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks to Executive Director of the Simon Communities of Ireland Wayne Stanley about their recent report, Locked Out Of The Market, which found in March there were just 38 properties available to rent within HAP limits and none in many places across the country including Athlone, Galway City, Limerick city and Sligo. We also discuss solutions to preventing homelessness including a targeted eviction ban within the Simon Homelessness Prevention Bill and the need to build 15,000 social housing homes per year.
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory and Tony talk with Hugh Brennan of the O Cualann Co Housing Alliance about the work that Hugh is doing to actually build affordable housing and the blockages and lack of support he is facing from the Government and Department of Housing. Hugh outlines what is needed in order to build affordable housing. Not-for-profit affordable housing providers need additional funding (and loans) support from Government. He asks why isn't the Government doing it? And why is the Land Development Agency looking for double digit returns making affordable housing more expensive. And we finish with a key proposed solution of the state setting up factories to fast build tens of thousands of homes. A real solution.
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.wpedon-container .wpedon-select, .wpedon-container .wpedon-input { width: 170px; min-width: 170px; max-width: 170px; } Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshackIn this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Dr. Ciarán O'Carroll, Climate & Sustainable Transition expert and Lecturer in Sustainability Leadership at TU Dublin, about strategies in climate action, from putting social justice central to all climate policy and action, from lifting farmers out of poverty to addressing housing and migration, Ciaran outlines core ideas on policy and economics, coalition building and changing narratives. The Hugh Brennan Housing Podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/102064746
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In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory and Tony discuss the latest homelessness and social and affordable housing figures, the reality that the homeless figures don't even measure the true level of homelessness, and the affordable housing figures don't show actual affordable housing built by the state. We discuss the core problem of Government promoted financialisation of housing and we also outline solutions - reintroduce the eviction ban to stop people being made homeless, and invest in the state capacity to deliver social and affordable housing.
The RTE vs Keith Walsh scoop podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-101704120
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Why does no one want to talk about our generational inequality problem?
In this Reboot Republic Rory talks to NERI economist Ciaran Nugent about the generational and social divide in Ireland - on housing, rent, employment - but also the on-going cost of living crisis and deprivation figures, including arrears on utility bills, while others are going on their second ski holiday this year. Ireland we have an inequality problem - but why does no one want to talk about it.
Shamim Malekmian on our broken asylum system:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-101051238 -
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In this Reboot Republic Rory talks with Abdullah Al Bayyari, an Irish born Palestinian doctor working in Galway, who for years has been an activist and advocate for the Palestinian voice in Ireland and his community. He tells his own story of his pride in Ireland's support for Palestine and he outlines the horrendous situation facing his family in Gaza. We discuss the importance and power of continuing to protest in solidarity with Gaza, to provide hope, to change the narrative, to give people a collective connection and giving the leadership so lacking from Governments in demanding an immediate end to the Genocide being committed by Israel to the people of Gaza.
Please join the protest this Saturday March 23rd 1pm at the Garden of Remembrance. Hope to see you there.
Music by Fieldsy
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In this short podcast you'll hear some of the recordings we did when Rory took Reboot Republic into Mendicity, Dublin's oldest charity. We sat with volunteers and service users and heard about their reality and the barriers they face daily and what a place like Mendicity means to them.
Thank you to Louisa and her team in Mendicity and we hope to see you all soon.
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In this very special episode of The Fresh Batch, Dean and Sparky chat with their longtime friend; singer-songwriter, Damien Dempsey. Hearts open, vulnerable and full of love. This is a conversation about Aboriginal wisdom, spiritual healing, the power of singing and friendship and why we're all dancing with our own madness. "If I'm going to find some healing..."
Recorded by Ger Kellet
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In this episode, Niamh chats with Professor Kath Browne, a social and cultural geographer at UCD. We discuss her fascinating ERC-funded project, Beyond Opposition, which seeks to explore the everyday experiences of people who are opposed to, or have concerns about, legislative and cultural changes around same sex marriage, abortion, gender self-identification and other sexual and gender equalities. The project also explores how we might address the social polarisation that has emerged between people occupying different standpoints on sexual and gender rights.
Kath’s work probes what it means for feminist/LGBT+ movements ‘when we feel both under threat and simultaneously we are gaining some forms of power?’. In our conversation, Kath discusses the heterogeneity among those opposed to different forms of gender/LGBT+ equalities; the ways in which they experience public space now that they can no longer assume that their views are widely accepted; the ethical and emotional aspects of doing research with people opposed to your very way of being; and the potential for radical empathy. Kath’s research also questions some of the unintended consequences of some LGBT+ activism, and asks how, if at all, we might overcome some of the social polarisation that defines contemporary politics and social life.
For more information on the Beyond Opposition project, check out: https://beyondopposition.org/
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Our friend and fellow tortoise shack podcast host, Dr Rory Hearne, has announced that he's seeking to run for the Soc Dems in the upcoming European Elections. So you knew that we were going to sit down and ask him all about it. We discuss his reasons for getting into party politics, the type of tradeoffs that might be required of him, why the Soc Dems and not Sinn Féin, the values that he wants to put at the heart of his campaign and the future of Reboot Republic.
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