Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media
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S2E422 The Societal Cost of Ireland’s Data Centre Boom
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This Reboot Republic Podcast, is a deep dive into the environmental and societal impacts of data centres and AI development in Ireland. Rory and Dr Ciaran…
S2E421 The Cost of Living – Protecting People and the Reality of Productivity
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by Economist with SIPTU, Michael Taft, to discuss the global economic outlook, the impacts the various crises are…
S2E420 Rents Out of Control as Government Policy
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Tony about the massive rent increases caused by the Government's new rental policies, Micheal Martin's thinskinned…
S2E419 Immigration and the far right – Don’t Believe the Online Hype
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hope, Courage and Community This Reboot Republic episode explores public attitudes towards migration, the rise of hate and far-right mobilisation in…
S4E417 Charting a Path Through the Energy Crisis
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with economist and Director of NERI, Tom McDonnell about the current energy crisis, its global implications, and…
There Are Real Alternatives – Community Wealth Building
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic episode, Rory interviews Joe Guinan about the current geopolitical turbulence, the economic implications of the war, and the…
S2E416 Never Again, yet the Genocide continues – Mikey Cullen on the Gaza Flotilla
In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Poet and teacher Mikey Cullen about his decision to join the new flotilla heading to break the siege on Gaza. We talk about history repeating itself - how…
S2E415 Connecting the crises- war, fuel protests & evictions
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory and Tony discuss the costs of Trump's war - Israel's ongoing attacks on Lebanon, the fuel protests, the need for…
S2E414 Beds in Sheds – A Planning and Political Failing
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory discusses with Dr Phil Lawton of Trinity College the Government's latest housing proposals to remove planning restrictions on…
S2E413 Poverty behind closed doors – The real Ireland from St Vincent De Paul
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks to Louise Bayliss of the St Vincent De Paul about what they are hearing and seeing from the 260,000 people contacting…
S2E412 Evictions Up 41% – A National Emergency
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This Reboot Republic again delves into Ireland's housing crisis, government policies, and the influence of international investment on the economy. Rory…
S2E411 Immigration – Reality vs Perception
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with Keire Murphy, policy officer with the ESRI about their recent research on public attitudes on immigration…
S2E410 Choosing between heating & eating: disabled people’s cost of living crisis
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic Rory speaks to Joan Carthy of the Irish Wheelchair Association about the cost of living crisis facing disabled people and their…
S2E409 Floods of Optimism
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory chats to producer Tony about the biggest changes to Ireland’s rental market in a generation, the Government’s…
S2E408 Hope in Action with Jenny Maguire
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with activist, campaigner and commentator Jenny Maguire about her recent column that laid out the need for the broad…
S2E407 Democracy Challenged – Ireland’s GDP is a Mirage
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory chats with UCD Professor Aidan Regan about the gap between Ireland’s global leading GDP and the average person’s…
Cruel and Wrong – The Immigration Debate
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this tortoise shack special, Tony sits down with immigration lawyer and (sadly) Corkman, Cathal Malone, to talk about Ireland's immigration system, the…
S2E406 The 2026 Predictions Pod
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory is joined by producer Tony Groves to talk the reality of our homelessness crisis, the horror of AI/X Grok's CSAM, Simon…
S2E405 Homeless for Christmas with the Simon Communities
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic, Rory talks with Ber Grogan, executive director of the Simon Communities of Ireland about what are real reasons for the ongoing…
S2E404 A booming economy & struggling society ?Ireland’s economy explained with Conor McCabe
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory talks with leading author and researcher Conor McCabe about the Irish economy - is this really record economic…
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Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media has published 150 episodes since April 2023, covering topics in Arts, Comedy.
Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 44m.
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