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Reboot Republic is the innovative Podcast that delves beyond the headlines and soundbites and pulls up the roots of our Social Crises
The Irish independent news, politics and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Join hosts Tony Groves and Martin McMahon and a wide range of guests as the tackle everything from twitter to the Taoiseach. There will be shenanigans!
Politics, Activism and Comedy Podcast. Hosted by Linda Hayden.
Conversations About Sexual Wellness with Dr. Caroline West
Welcome to Policed, the podcast that seeks to capture the experiences people have with the police, and put those voices front and centre.
The Black Eye is the podcast that peels away the public relations veneer of sport and more, to reveal some ugly truths. Hosted by award winning journalist and author, Ewan MacKenna, each episode will deal with a subject from a perspective seldom seen on the front and back pages. Our mantra of ‘truthful, not neutral’ means this might not be for diehard fans who want yet more celebration of their favourite but highly flawed celebrity. But that’s okay with us.
Disturbing the Peace is a podcast focused on the less-talked-about topics in Ireland. Hosted by content creator and writer Rachel O’Neill, the podcast aims to tackle those subjects that you don’t always hear or read about. It might make you laugh, it might make you cry, it might even make you squirm. The point of it is to make you think about things and see things in a new light and maybe learn something while you’re at it. Follow us on @dtp_pod to keep up with all the latest news and if you ...
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Ep.63 – Ground Zero in the Mental Health System with Dr Anne M. Doherty
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This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Dr Anne M Doherty, a consultant liaison psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital and associate professor of psychiatry at UCD. She is also chair of the Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. Dr Doherty outlines why she wrote a recent article for the Journal.ie 'Emergency Departments…
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Ep.441 – But the Border: A Zero Covid Solution
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We were delighted to be re-joined in the tortoise shack by DCU Professor Anthony Staines, for a short podcast to discuss all things Covid and the public support for the pursuit of a Zero Covid strategy. Anthony gives some excellent insights into vaccine efficacy, border management and the need for the politicians to catch-up with the general public…
In this episode we hear from Isreal about his experiences as a young Black man in Ireland. You'll also hear from Dr James Carr of the University of Limerick, who has done significant research on issues of race and policing and Bashir Otukoya, Asst Professor of Law in DCU and a member of the Government's Anti-Racism Committee. We are deliberately la…
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Ep.62 – Global Voices for Change: Fight Inequality 2
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This Reboot Republic is the second in partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance - A global movement organising global protests against inequality to coincide with the global elite annual Davos meeting (this year being held online) from the 23rd to 30th January. We are joined today by three inspiring inequality activists from across the world i…
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Ep.57 – Parenting in Lockdown with Joanna Fortune
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In our third Surviving Parenting in Lockdown podcast I am delighted to be joined by Joanna Fortune, author of 15-Minute Parenting, and highly experienced and qualified clinician in the field of psychotherapy, particularly in trauma recovery. Joanna provides some really practical advice for parents to manage stress, and useful ideas to help parentin…
We were delighted to be joined by Claire Twomey of covidcasesireland.ie on the impact the Covid virus is having on thousands of people way after that 14 day period. We discuss the lack of support, the Government response and the problems this is creating with employers. Listen in and maybe share with anyone who it might help.Follow @covidcasesirlPl…
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Ep.60 – Fighting Inequality: A Global Struggle
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This Reboot Republic is the first of the series in partnership with the Fight Inequality Alliance - A global movement campaigning to end the excessive concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a small elite and achieve a just, equal and sustainable world. We are discussing what the inequality situation is around the world, the solutions, th…
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Ep.59 Re-opening Schools Safely – Listening to the Teachers
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This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Angela Dunne, principal of Loughmore NS, Co Tipperary, and a representative of the National Principals’ Forum, Jana Lyons, Primary School Teacher and trade union activist, and Christopher Davey, Secondary School teacher and trade union activist. We discuss the need for the Department of Education to listen to e…
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Ep.59 Re-opening Schools Safely – Listening to the Teachers
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This Reboot Republic Podcast talks to Angela Dunne, principal of Loughmore NS, Co Tipperary, and a representative of the National Principals’ Forum, Jana Lyons, Primary School Teacher and trade union activist, and Christopher Davey, Secondary School teacher and trade union activist. We discuss the need for the Department of Education to listen to e…
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Ep.435 – Cambodia, Covid and the Irishman Helping Rebuild Cambodian Education
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It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by Colm Byrne, Director of Development with seebeyondborders.org. Colm is living in Cambodia since 2014 and has made it his home. He talks about the people, the country and the crucial work the NGO he's dedicated to does in trying to lift educational attainment rates.This is a fascinating convers…
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Ep.58 – Who is listening to us? Educators, parents & students in Lockdown
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Ciara Reilly, Education Lecturer in Marino Institute of Education, and Professor Linda Connolly, Director of the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, about the state of education in the lockdown. We talk about the recent closure of schools and shift to on-line learning, the failures of the Departme…
Ever wonder how sex shops are rregulated or designed? Or what its like to go to a sex conference? Sexademic Dr Paul Maginn is here to chat to us about the different types of sex shops, protests, and porn tourism to conferences and meeting performers. Sexual spaces can be interesting spaces to learn about society and this episode explores how sex, m…
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Tortoise Shack Live – The Mother and Baby Home Report
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In this special episode we brought together experts, academics, activists and investigative journalists, to share their knowledge of the social history, the legal requirements, the standard of proof, the gathering of evidence, the construction of findings as well as issues of race and disability contained in the Mother and Baby Homes Report. We con…
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Tortoise Shack Live – The Mother and Baby Home Report
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In this special episode we brought together experts, academics, activists and investigative journalists, to share their knowledge of the social history, the legal requirements, the standard of proof, the gathering of evidence, the construction of findings as well as issues of race and disability contained in the Mother and Baby Homes Report. We con…
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Tortoise Shack Live – The Mother and Baby Home Report
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In this special episode we brought together experts, academics, activists and investigative journalists, to share their knowledge of the social history, the legal requirements, the standard of proof, the gathering of evidence, the construction of findings as well as issues of race and disability contained in the Mother and Baby Homes Report. We con…
Linda's guest* this week is Dr Ian Marder, a lecturer in Criminology in Maynooth University who has a specialist interest in Restorative Justice. Ian ran a short intro course to Victimology during the summer of 2020 which Linda attended and learned a lot from, so she thought that you, the listener, might be interested in learning more about it. The…
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Ep.436 – The Mother and Baby Home Report with Catherine Connolly
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It was a pleasure to be joined by Independent TD for Galway, Catherine Connolly on the whitewash that is the Mother and Baby Home Report. Catherine speaks a length about the serious flaws n the report, the deliberate language it uses to create a false balance and the way this was stage-managed in an attempt to control the narrative.We also discuss …
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Ep.56 – Surviving Parenting in Lockdown 2: “I just cried for hours.”
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In this the second Reboot Republic parenting in Lockdown podcasts, Rory talks to parents Sharon Lambert, Yvonne Ryan-Fogarty, Niamh McDonald, Louise Bayliss and Nicola Nolan. In this honest and open discussion, the parents outline the challenges of surviving parenting in the lockdown as lone parents, as mothers, as workers. We talk about parenting …
This Reboot Republic Podcast explores the reality of experiences of parenting in lockdown, and ‘home schooling’, and how parents can survive these challenging times. Hosted by Dr Rory Hearne, himself a dad of four kids who are 1, 5 ,6 and 16, the panel features Dr Mary O Kane, a lecturer in Psychology and Early Childhood education, Sinead Matson, m…
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Ep.433 – The Last Lockdown with Tomás Ryan
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It was a pleasure to be joined in the tortoise shack by Neuroscientist and member of ISAG, Tomás Ryan about the current Covid situation, the way out of it and the choices available to both the Government and Irish society.We cover a lot of ground in this podcast, including the health vs economic debate and the framing of Zero Covid as radical in ma…
In this podcast is with Bernadette D'Arcy, the partner of Benjamin Akhile, who after almost 15 years in our immigration system is scheduled to be deported on February 12th.Bernie talks about how Ben and her have worked to build a life, only to be stifled by the system and how this deportation order hangs over them both. It is an emotional and at ti…
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Ep.49 – How To Fight Inequality with Ben Phillips
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This Reboot Podcast is a special interview with author of How To Fight Inequality, Ben Philips. As well as an author, Ben is an international anti-inequality activist and an advisor to the UN, Governments and Civil Society Organisations. We begin by talking about Ben's Irish connection as great-grand nephew of Irish revolutionary Padraig Pearse, an…
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Ep.49 – How To Fight Inequality with Ben Phillips
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This Reboot Podcast is a special interview with author of How To Fight Inequality, Ben Philips. As well as an author, Ben is an international anti-inequality activist and an advisor to the UN, Governments and Civil Society Organisations. We begin by talking about Ben's Irish connection as great-grand nephew of Irish revolutionary Padraig Pearse, an…
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Ep.52 – Social Workers in Covid Crisis with Sinéad McGarry
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This Reboot Republic talks to Sinead McGarry, Social Worker and advocate about the experience of those who are vulnerable, such as in nursing homes, those with disabilities, children and domestic violence, in COVID. Sinead criticises the absence of a holistic approach in the Government COVID strategy and the failure to include the voice of the vuln…
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Ep.431 – Mother and Baby Homes: Groundhog Day
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We've just finished recording a short podcast with Solicitor and friend of the pod, Simon McGarr on what is, sadly, another Government created problem for the survivors of the Mother and Baby Homes.Simon outlines now how the current system is contrary to the GDPR and indeed the pledges made by the Minister to help the people impacted. If you or som…
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks with Professor Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, Clinical Lead of Inclusion Health and Infectious Diseases in St James' Hospital, about the reality of the COVID ward, the trauma of premature loss and why those in poverty get sicker from COVID. Prof Ni Cheallaigh explains that we know poverty kills people, and due to psycho so…
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks with Professor Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, Clinical Lead of Inclusion Health and Infectious Diseases in St James' Hospital, about the reality of the COVID ward, the trauma of premature loss and why those in poverty get sicker from COVID. Prof Ni Cheallaigh explains that we know poverty kills people, and due to psycho so…
