The Good Friday Agreement pledged "to facilitate and encourage integrated education" as an essential part of creating "a culture of tolerance at every level of society".

But most of the north’s schools remain split into two categories - Maintained which have links to the Catholic Church and mainly cater to Catholic pupils, and Controlled which are state-run and mainly cater to Protestant pupils.
In the 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement integrated schools have only increased by 4%.

In this episode Emma Desouza is joined by Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong and Paul Caskey, Campaign Director, at the Integrated Education Fund to discuss how progress can be made to advance integrated education in Northern Ireland.

In this Reboot Republic podcast, Rory sets out the state of the housing crisis, the impact and responses needed to the lifting of the eviction ban, as part of a Town Hall meeting in Galway West organised by Uplift calling for a reinstating of the eviction ban. You will also hear from Saoirse McHugh of Uplift, and a mother who is facing eviction and the devastating mental health impact of this, a discussion about solutions with the audience, and action you can take to email your TDs, fill in the Uplift eviction map & sign the petition.

At 1:20pm today 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 then 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 and the message it sends to the immigrant medical community. 

Please listen.

Here's the video:https://twitter.com/LiqaDr/status/1647996333083574273?s=20

You might have read about activists and UCC law students, Brian O’Kane and Peadar Ó Rathaille, have been sending planning enforcement complaints to Cork City Council, to tackle non-compliant lettings of companies like Air BnB. 

We talked to the two lads and got them to explain the process, how it works and more importantly how you (yes, you) can do it as well.

You can get in touch with the lads here:https://twitter.com/rudeireann?s=21&t=mlzDFywvIydGLrB-iM1RVQ

We did a 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.

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. #SaferFromHarm

As everyone gets carried away with the visit of a US President visit, we decided to ask our friend, Loyalist and Sharpnel cohost, Sam Mcilwaine, what people in his community think of the pomp and ceremony.

We discuss the DUP's reaction, the misreading of the political temperature, how the local elections campaign is going and how to answer Joe Biden's $6 billion dollar question.

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 a lot more.

Join Emma in conversation with Daniel Holder, Director at the Committee on the Administration of Justice, to explore post-conflict and post-reform policing and justice in Northern Ireland. This episode examines the Agreement, asking whether it delivered transitional justice or a stopgap on legacy and the impact of the UK government's Legacy Bill.

As part of the May Day Badge Appeal Launch, Unite's Brendan Ogle chaired a conversation with Larry Spencer and Haeden Wright of the United Mine Workers of America about their experiences of a bitter industrial action for better wages and conditions for miners working for Warrior MET. 

We were joined by Mr Irish Election Projections himself, Harry McEvansoneya, to dive into the B&A opinion poll that put Fine Gael at near historic lows and Sinn Féin near a potential new high.

We also discuss tax haven Ireland working for the few, the struggles of the poor REIT's vs greedy rights-wanting renters, that ahistorical Good Friday Agreement column and the moral judgement we have as a society about sex workers that is literally creating a dangerous workplace.

Editors note: we had 10 podcasts last week, might be a bit quieter in the next few days. I want/need a couple of days off and Martin still thinks we record on vinyl.