The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack

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 th

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686. Trans Rights Are Human Rights

Posted December 9, 2021 • 00:34:34

(note, this was recorded on Saturday Nov 27th for tortoise shack members) On Saturday a small anti-Trans protest took place in Dublin, in what looks...

691. Ireland under Investigation – The Mother and Baby Homes Report Fallout

Posted December 7, 2021 • 00:24:46

The European Commission has been asking questions about Ireland blocking Mother and Baby Homes survivors' access to their medical records. Joining us...

13. A Very Unmerry Christmas

Posted December 5, 2021 • 00:54:09

We've just finished a brilliant Live Sunday Show with Reporter with Noteworthy, Maria Delaney, Social Care Worker, Anne Marie Quilligan and Primary...

688. Mick Finnegan on the St Johns Ambulance Investigation

Posted December 3, 2021 • 00:12:33

Late last night Sinn Féin TD, Chris Andrews, asked Minister Roderic O'Gorman why, nine months after it began, St Johns Ambulance have failed to engage...

680. 100 Days of the Taliban

Posted December 1, 2021 • 00:21:01

(This podcast was recorded on Nov 24th as a Patron Exclusive) Joining us from a coffee shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, is journalist, Hannah McCarthy, to...