Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media

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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 campaign for an emergency cost of disability winter payment.
Joan explains how disabled people feel like they were pawns in the election after promises were made by Government but then their supports were cut in Budget 2026.
Joan talks about the reality of having to choose between heating and eating and their campaign and determination to change things.
Editors note: The campaign has received support from Affordable Ireland.
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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 response (or lack of) to the recent floods and the need for the opposition to make the public believe that it doesn’t have to be this way when it comes to the current politics of mediocrity.
The Epstein Files and the dearth of good reporting:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-150004285
Poet Paula Meehan pod is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-150317193
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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 left to focus on building a coalition that is based on a more hopeful vision and less prone to infighting around identity politics. This is a great conversation with a great voice and The Flash even makes a guest appearance.
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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 economic outlook. Aidan argues that this imbalance contributes to the growing polarisation in our society and politics and he also talks about how exposed our economic miracle is to the whims of the man in the White House.
Read more here:https://democracychallenged.com/2025/12/17/irelands-gdp-is-a-mirage-household-living-standards-tell-the-real-story/
Comrade Mark Carney, Davos and Inequality podcast is here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-148762978
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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 Harris joining Jim O'Callaghan on the anti-immigrant bus, Climate Action getting binned by government and why the Left needs to focus on kitchen table issues in 2026.
Editors Note: Rory subsequently abandoned his twitter/x account.
Ireland’s GDP is a mirage podcast with Prof Aidan Regan is out now here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-148284291
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