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The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

Tortoise Shack Media

Ireland’s original independent left leaning news, politics, and culture podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously and still punches well above its weight. Join critically acclaimed & derided hosts, Martin McMahon and Tony Groves as they delve into the news of the day, pull apart the spin and challenge you to be an activist. This is the non-corporate, ad free, non-plastic-podcast reality that the medium is made for. There will be shenanigans!

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1019. Housing – Nordic’s Do It Better

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2023/04/28

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Leo Varadkar continually told the Dáil that our "eviction ban" was a winter eviction moratorium similar to that in other countries. So we decided to fact check his claim with our friend and regular tortoise shack contributor in Helsinki, Finland, Dan Nickstrom. Needless to say the facts did not support the Taoiseach's claim. We also discuss why your electricity prices are more than twice of Dan's, the rise of far right culture wars in countries previously

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1020. Gerry Adams, Jamie Bryson and Coddle

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2023/04/26

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Editors note: Tony addresses the reaction to the Ditch, Niall Collins podcast and the criticisms of new media) Martin, Tony and Sam Mcilwaine sat down to chat about the news of the week both sides of the border and to get Sam's report from his very productive few days at Queens University for the Agreement talks that took place earlier this week. This might be the first time you'll hear about Gerry Adams, Jamie Bryson and Coddle in one conversation. We

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1021. Niall Collins vs The Ditch

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2023/04/24

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Rejoining us on the podcast to discuss the biggest political social media story of the week are Roman Shortall and Eoghan McNeill of https://www.ontheditch.com/ We go through the facts about the property dealings of Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins and his wife Eimear Collins (nee O'Connor) and what it says about standards in public office. We also discuss the almost complete silence about what are very serious issues from mainstream media and some of the

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1014. Taking Down Air BnB

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2023/04/23

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshac There is a huge shortage of rental properties across the country, yet thousands of potential homes are illegally let on the short-term Air BnB style market. Well UCC law students, Brian O’Kane and Peadar Ó Rathaille, decided to do something about that and have been sending planning enforcement complaints to Cork City Council, to tackle non-compliant lettings of companies like Air BnB. and it's working. We talked to the two lads and got them to explain the

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1012. Killian Woods – What’s Ahead for Housing

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2023/04/20

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Tortoise Shack regular and Senior Reporter with the Sunday Business Post, Killian Woods, came over to talk about the latest news in the Irish and international housing markets, the Patrizia fund having the craic, the problem with our housing data and what might lie ahead for home construction in 2024. The Jana Lyons INTO podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-81735551

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Exclusive: Shocking Attack at Attempted Illegal Eviction

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2023/04/18

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Yesterday at 1:20pm a man attempted to cut his way into a house in order to carry out an illegal eviction. The tenant, Dr Muhammad Raheel, confronted the landlord, who then approached him with an electric saw telling him that he'd split him open. The Doctor reported this attempted assault to his local Garda station. Nothing happened. Dr Raheel joined me, alongside several of his colleagues, to talk about this horrendous day, the events that led up to it

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1015. Political Shit-Fits and the Citizens Assembly...

The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack ·

2023/04/17

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We did a very, very patron-only podcast on the news of the week where we looked at the explosion of Fine Gael angst about Leo Varadkar, the little Englander's going insane over Biden and what is happening in the US in terms of abortion and culture wars. Then friend of the pod and drug decriminalisation advocate, Dr Garrett McGovern, joined us to talk about the bumpy beginning of the Citizens Assembly for Drugs. A very impactful conversation

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1007. Against the Hate – Live from Unite the Union

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2023/04/15

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack A little while ago we were invited to facilitate and record two discussions at Unite the Union, as part of the May Day Badge Appeal. In this first live podcast Tony is joined by MASI's Lucky Khambule and United Against Racism's Memet Uludag with the theme of Against the Hate. Both Lucky and Memet talk about the far right, our (3 tier?) Direct Provision system and the solidarity that is more powerful than hate. Buy the cool

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Echo 1000

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2023/04/08

Here it is, our 1000th Episode. Thanks for listening, sharing, liking, hating and helping us highlight, fight and tackle the issues that matter as an independent activist-based platform. What a journey. Please come onboard for the next 1000 at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

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1006. Neasa Hourigan on the Green Party in Government

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2023/04/04

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In a tortoise shack exclusive, Green Party (for now?) TD, Neasa Hourigan, joined us for the first time since her her decision to vote against the government in relation to the temporary moratorium on no-fault evictions. It gets feisty. We discuss classism and crappy communications within the Green Party, the consistent allegations of bullying and misogyny, their achievements and or failures in Government relative to the ambitions set out in the Program for

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1002. The Postgraduate Workers Organisation and Eamon...

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2023/04/02

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack You might have seen the videos of Eamon Ryan getting confronted by students in Trinity College who are deeply unhappy with the Green Party in Government. I say more power to them. Joining me to discuss this is one of the people involved in the protests and co-founder of the Postgraduate Workers Organisiation, PhD Researcher and PBP rep for Dublin North West, Conor Reddy. We discuss the impossible conditions postgrads are facing and why the system is

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1004. Leader of the Hard-Left, Green Party MEP,...

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2023/03/31

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Despite all the domestic woes, there's still a global climate emergency playing out that needs our attention. Our guest is Green Party MEP, Ciarán Cuffe and he's working on legislation that has been dubbed the renovation wave which aims to reduce emissions from buildings across the EU. He's also been duped Hard-Left by Brietbart for wanting to do so, who knew! We also talk Neasa Hourigan's 15 month suspension, the Green Party values in coltiion, beef with

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1005. Dáil Deflections in Favour of Evictions

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2023/03/28

Please join us on patreon.com/tortoiseshack Just before Sinn Féin tabled legislation to extend the temporary moratorium on no-fault evictions, the Ceann Comhairle accepted a Government amendment that would scupper the vote. It seemed most unparliamentary to us, tbqhwy. Joining us to discuss this, the Land Development Agency report, the unreported homelessness figures and the latest in auction politics, is Sinn Féin housing spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin. Then Martin and I have a very very

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998. Bank Wobbles and Easing Out of Quantitative...

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2023/03/27

Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack You'd be forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu as we watch banks crash, fold, merge and or rattle bailout buckets. But, as always, it's more nuanced. Rejoining us to make some sense of it all on is listener favourite, Prof Richard Murphy. Richard breaks down the economic woes and gives his insights into not what only is happening, but what could happen next. More importantly we discuss what should happen in order to avert a new crisis and actually turn it into

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996. Building a Housing Strategy Inside 10 Downing...

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2023/03/24

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In a tortoise shack special, independent housing consultant and former No 10 Special Adviser on housing and local government to Prime Minister Theresa May, Toby Lloyd, joined Tony and Housing Lecturer, Dr Lorcan Sirr to talk all things housing. Toby explains how a lifelong left wing activist and social housing advocate found himself as a Tory Government Special Advisor and how, even amongst the Brexit chaos, there were small wins to be had. We discuss the

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999. Extend the Eviction Ban – Eoin Ó Broin

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2023/03/22

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We know there are at least 4,700 notices to quit (eviction notices) ready to come into force when the temporary moratorium on no-fault evictions lapses at the end of this month. We don't know how many men, women and children that is. But it's not good. Yesterday Sinn Féin introduced a motion to extend the ban and put in place solutions that will stem the flow into homelessness. Joining us to discuss this and what the Government are likely to do is their

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995. Groundhog Bank Bailout Day

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2023/03/20

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Banks posting record losses, Governments having to guarantee deposits, Corporates looking for safe havens and recessionary rumblings are back in this season. Rejoining us on the podcast to talk about all of the above is economist and listener favourite, Constantin Gurdgiev. We get stuck into Silicone Valley Bank, the wash, rinse, repeat regulatory failures and we ask how deep the rot is. You might not like the answer. Finally we discuss the paradox of

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991. The #SpyCops Scandal

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2023/03/19

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The SpyCops Scandal is possibly the biggest scandal that most of you know next to nothing about. Joining us to discuss an act of political policing that has monitored and infiltrated (mostly) left wing movements for decades is director of Ugly Mugs, Lucy Smyth and undercover policing activist and host of the SpyCops Info podcast, Tom Fowler. What they discuss and has been uncovered is truly reprehensible. Don't miss it. Tom's podcast is available

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997.The St John Ambulance Report with Mick Finnegan

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2023/03/16

This podcast contains themes and subjects that some may find upsetting. Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Mick Finnegan has spent over two decades campaigning justice for the sexual abuse he suffered in St John Ambulance Ireland and this morning the report by Dr Geoffrey Shannon fully vindicated what he and other survivors have been saying for so long. Mick took time to come over and sit with Martin and Tony to explain what this means to him, the closure he feels now and the ongoing

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992. Israeli Protests and Palestinian Deaths

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2023/03/15

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack So far in 2023 at least one Palestinian person has been killed per day, and yet that frightening statistic doesn't come close to telling the full story. Rejoining us on the podcast from Ramallah, is journalist and tortoise shack regular, Hannah McCarthy. Hannah has spent the last week in Tel Aviv, attending Israeli anti-government protests and in the West Bank, where much of the worst scenes of violence have taken place. She tells us what she has seen and

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