Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, came back to the tortoise shack for the first time this year for a full and pretty frank conversation on the many challenges the housing emergency has created. We discuss the 'right to housing', the no-fault eviction ban, the 11,998 people who are officially homeless, the asylum seeker accommodation crisis, the tension between government departments, the need to seriously address Traveller accommodation, tackling short-term rentals and lots more. Luke Ming Flanagan joined us for a very personal and revealing podcast. Out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-83195455

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Nature Restoration Regulation is the flagship legislative proposal of the Biodiversity Strategy. Yet if Fine Gael MEP's get there way, it'll never be more than words on a page. Joining us on the tortoise shack is Political Adviser with the Left Group in the European Parliament and one of the negotiators of the Proposal for a Regulation on Nature Restoration, Damien Thomson. He busts scaremongering myths that are unfortunately getting reported as fact in many media outlets and explains how the framework would help countries like Ireland restore nature and usher in the Just Transition we've heard so much about. Why shouldn't we live in greener, cleaner and healthier spaces? Please contact all Irish MEP's and let them know that you want this law implemented: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/ireland/en/your-meps The austerity-by-stealth podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-83093213

Please Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Listener favourite (and tortoise shack's Royal Correspondent), Professor Richard Murphy, rejoins us to talk about the state of UK politics post-local elections, the struggling economic environment that is pushing thousands into poverty and the insanity of the Central Banks across the globe who seem intent on continuing the policy of "beatings to continue until the public morale improves". Another cracker of a podcast with the Prof. The latest podcast with Constantin Gurdgiev is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/82782854

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Financial Times recently covered the "extraordinary" steps the Spanish government were taking to tackle their housing crisis. But are they as good as advertised and what, if anything, can Ireland learn from them? Joining us to discuss this and the political polarisation in Spain are Madrid-based journalist, Eoghan Gilmartin and tortoise shack regular Prof Joe Haslam. We also talk bad banks, land banks and a little bit of Real Madrid history. The latest podcast with Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-83243652

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Note: Released Weds May 17th) Until yesterday our guest, Karen Sugrue, was best known for as an Reproductive Healthcare Activist and an organiser with Together For Safety. What you didn't know was that she had been successfully sued by Iona Institute CEO, David Quinn, for a defamatory tweet, for which Mr. Quinn received €8,000. Karen joins us to talk about the ordeal, the laws as presently constituted, the proposed changes, how her cancer treatment made her more resiliant throughout this process and why she didn't sign the Non Disclosure Agreement that Mr. Quinn proposed. The Echo Chamber with Housing Minister, Darragh O'Brien is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-83243652