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In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by tortoise shack editor and producer, Tony Groves and Mr irishelectionprojections.com, Harry McEvansoneya, to talk about the Presidential Election, the broad Left-unity movement that may emerge and the far right in Ireland. We also pit Rory's enthusiasm against Tony's cynicism and Harry looks at what lessons might be learned from what was a bit of a mad campaign.
Harry's latest:https://irishelectionprojections.com/2025/10/21/2025-presidential-election/
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Editors Note: This was a member-only podcast from Sept, but members asked for it to go out for free, so here it is.
In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks who is buying our homes with Lorcan Sirr, Senior Lecturer in TUD. Lorcan breaks down who exactly is buying up newly built homes in Ireland - the answer is - increasingly it's not first time home buyers - it's investor funds & the state. We discuss the market supply myths and what needs to be done to get affordable homes built at scale.
Eoin Ó Broin podcast on Catherine Connolly, Left Unity and Housing is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-140192205
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Leilani Farha is a human rights lawyer, host of PushBack Talks, founder of Right to Housing organisiation, The Shift, former UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Adequate Housing and most importantly a Tortoise Shack fan.
She rejoins us to talk about the ongoing global financialisation of housing, the ways some cities have pushed back, what the genocide in Gaza says about international law and why she still believes human rights are worth fighting for every single day.
Milei Meltdown podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-139738780
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In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Tanya Ward, Director of the Children’s Rights Alliance about the reasons underlying the shocking figure that 1 in 5 children in Ireland are in poverty after housing costs are paid. We discuss the impact of the housing costs – as families are forced into food poverty and overcrowding, the impact on children of growing up in poverty, and the solutions – investment in early years intervention and targeted measures at low income families and areas of disadvantage.
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In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Khalid El-Astal, who was born in Belfast in 1993, and Melissa Murphy who is part of the Kildare Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Khalid is now living in Ireland with his two young children, Ali and Sara, who were injured in an Israeli airstrike that struck their home in October 2023, killing their mother, grandmother and uncle.
His brothers Abdurrahman and Abdullah — both Irish citizens born in Belfast — remain trapped in Gaza, along with their father, Professor Ali El-Astal, who lived in Belfast for eight years while completing his PhD in Physics and researching at Queen’s University. Khalid tells his family’s story, and the reality on the ground in Gaza, and Melissa sets out how people can support Khalid and his family by contacting the Irish Government to urgently issue emergency travel documentation, and we discuss the impact of the grassroots campaigns in Ireland in solidarity with Palestine.
Here is the link to send an email to political representatives to support Khalid’s family – Irish Citizens in Gaza: https://www.instagram.com/helpirishcitizensingaza


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When journalist and accidental genocide correspondent, Abubaker Abed, left Gaza a few months ago the only thing certain was that he would continue to speak up and report on what is happening in his homeland. He rejoins us to discuss his advocacy, campaigning and reasons for hope in the face of so much suffering.
Latest on the Drone Strike on the Global Sumud Flotilla with Paul Murphy in Tunis is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138492264
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory chats with Sean McCabe who is Head of Climate and Sustainability at Bohemians Football Club about the potential for community wealth building and cooperatives to create a sustainable more equal economy. We chat about the work that's happening in Spark the Bohs communities cooperative initiative, and hear about a growing community wealth building movement from Cleveland to Mondragon to Dublin.
We're looking for hope in a new and better way for our society and environment- this is it! Enjoy.
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Louise Bayliss, Head of Social Justice & Policy with the St Vincent De Paul. 250,000 people sought support from SVP last year showing the scale of on going cost of living crisis. We discuss the stigma of poverty and its continued pervasiveness despite this country's wealth. The 11,000 volunteers with SVP shows hope in so many people working for social justice and giving practical support to people - a counter to the rising hate. We also discuss the cost of poverty, how investing in targeted measures is a social investment and overall health & economic cost saving in the long term.
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory discusses the new apartment standards the Government have brought in with Orla Hegarty of the UCD School of Architecture and Planning. Orla outlines the major flaws in these new guidelines, around creating liveable homes, and analyses the Governments justifications as lacking evidence. These will boost speculative developers profits and create tenements of the 21st century charged at unaffordable rents. Creating a dystopian city and urban spaces

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In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Orla O Connor who has recently announced that she is leaving her role as Director of the National Women's Council of Ireland. We talk about Orla's 23 years of experience of campaigning for women's equality and social justice in the National Women's Council, the learnings and lessons of campaigns like the Repeal Referendum, intersectionalism and what is or should be a vision for feminism today - for all women, from those in homelessness to needing childcare, to care workers, and the need to come together to challenge the rise of hate. We also discuss the need to regulate the social media companies.
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What are the new rental measures?
In this Reboot Republic podcast Rory and Dr Michael Byrne from UCD break down the latest rental measures and explain what they are, what is the likely impact on rents and supply, and who will actually benefits. The verdict? TBD.
The Week in Housing newsletter is a weekly one-page analysis of new housing research and policy. Read it here: https://theweekinhousing.substack.com/
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to economist Michael Taft about the impact of tariffs on the Irish economy and jobs, our over dependence on US multinational investment, how we can create a diversified strong indigenous economy, the importance of collective bargaining, workers rights and wages, cooperative and community led enterprise and civil society and progressive parties working together in Raise the Roof.
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In this Reboot Republic Rory & Tony talk to the incredible young Gazan journalist Abubaker Abed about his journey from Gaza to Ireland, the importance of solidarity and speaking up, the daily reality of surviving a genocide, and what Ireland can do to show a common humanity when the world turns its backs on the Holocaust of the 21st Century.
Liam Cunningham on Gaza and the cost of speaking out:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-129443800
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In this Reboot Republic Rory & Tony discuss The national housing disaster - how it is worsening and while its an acknowledged emergency, the government appear to be about to bend to the landlord lobby and lift the minimal protection that exist for renters . Rory outlines the rent cap protest he's organising for Wednesday evening and Tony sets out the investor model and why its unreliable.
Do check out Dr Michael Bynre's https://theweekinhousing.substack.com/
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Listeners know tortoise shack regular John Harris as that fella who writes about politics and hosts one of them podcasts for the Guardian. Many of you will have seen his award winning series Anywhere But Westminster. So when he told me a few years ago that he was working on a book about his neurodivergent and autistic son James, I knew it would be a great read. I was wrong, it's a brilliant read.
John joins me know to discuss the book, autism, family ups and downs and how music not only helped James find his voice, it opened up the conversation between their entire family. Thanks, John
Maybe I'm Amazed is published by John Murray and is available in bookshops across Ireland.

Dave Hingerty podcast out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-127569343
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In this Reboot Republic Rory and Tony take a critical eye to the big issues of the week discussing Rorys idea on a state savings scheme to build affordable homes, the emotional pain of Gaza and solidarity, what does the latest poll tell us about the state of the parties and how the government is u turning again on commitments this time on living wages & workers protections.
The John Harris podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-127125764
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In this Reboot Republic podcast Rory talks with economist and author of ‘Vulture Capitalism: How to Survive in an Age of Corporate Greed,' Grace Blakeley. We discuss what is going to happen to the economy under Trumpism, the isolation and alienation in our societies, and what can we do in the face of this - building community, solidarity and action to create more equal societies, challenging austerity of Governments and creating spaces of identity and belonging based on solidarity as an alternative to the rise of the far right.
The RTE Clarity podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-126277711
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Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by the always brilliant Soairse McHugh for a chat about all things despondent and rise in popularity of things that we thought had been settled back in the 1930’s…
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by producer Tony Groves to talk the continuing fallout from the Lowry Lackeys, the Ceann Comhairle's role, the ESRI housing report and then take your (frankly excellent) questions.
The Mexican 'Extermination Camps' podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-125079339
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In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by UCD's Dr Michael Byrne (his substack:https://theweekinhousing.substack.com/ is a weekly must read) to discuss the hybrid-housing market that we have and why Mick feels that the Left are losing in their messaging around housing. A great conversation.
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