The Policed Podcast

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It was a pleasure to be joined for our first Sunday Special of 2022 by Dr Liqa Ur Rehman, Legal Assoc Seán Grant, Reporter with notewrothy.ie Maria Delaney and Ireland Thinks analyst Kevin Cunningham. We discuss the iniquity of Ireland's visa and Stamp system, the Suvern discourse on NI, classrooms and covid, the latest polls North and South, Happy Coup Year, Irish voters fed up of corruption and Wordle.

#FastAccessStamp4 on Social Media

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In this very special tortoise shack podcast Dr Caroline West of Glow West joins Martin and Tony to talk the year to come, the resolutions and revolutions they want to see and the things that they want to see left in 2021.

You'll also hear from Green Party Cllrs (Dublin & Belfast) Hazel Chu and Brian Smyth, former UN Special Rapporteur for Housing, Leilani Farha, full-time teacher and part-time Reboot host, Jana Lyons, Solicitor and hero Simon McGarr, Tallaght Person of the Decade Senator Lynn Ruane, Ana Liffey CEO Tony Duffin, Amnesty's Colm O'Gorman, Our Man in Stockholm Philip O'Connor, Business Post Journalist Killian Woods, the wonderful as always Ber Grogan, friend of the pod Marika Bourke, our very own 'Newcomer of the Year' Lefty Loyalist, Sam McIlwaine, Threshold's Anne Marie Reilly, Sunday Special Stalwart Oisin Murphy-Lawless, Solidarity PBP TD Paul Murphy, Mr Irish History Podcast Fin Dwyer, Madrid based Professor Joe Haslam, the Irish Examiners Mick Clifford and a fella called Blindboy.

All sung out by Mick Finnegan.

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We're back with part 2 of our review of 2021 and this time we're talking Political Personality of the year, Patron (that's youse) of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, and our Highlights (yes, there were lots of highlights!)

You'll also hear from comedian, writer, actor and Roy Keane Stan, Tadhg Hickey, Social Care worker and all-round hero, Anne Marie Quilligan, Sinn Féin Senator, Lynn Boylan, Host of the Irish Times Inside Politics and my on and off rival, Hugh Linehan, Head of Religions at UCC and the best dressed man in Ireland, Amanullah De Sondy, the Irish Examiners award winning duo Aoife Moore and Paul Hosford, Sunday Special sensation and Dublin Inquirer reporter, Shamim Malekmian and filmmaker, director and (former) friend of the shack, Lenny Abrahamson.

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We decided to run our eye over the year and breakdown some of the best stories, actions, people, activists and everything in between. In this, part one, you'll get our Person of the Year, Achievement of the Year, Lowlight of the Year and Story of the Year.

You'll also hear from comedian Killian Sundermann, self-described education rent-a-gob, (the brilliant) Ciara Reilly, actor and writer, Noelle Brown, ISAG's and TCD's Prof. Tómas Ryan, actor, writer and comedian, Tara Flynn, Tortoise Shack Royalty, Emma DeSouza, Longford Mayor, Uruemu Adejinmi and Mr Polls himself, Harry McEvansoneya. Stay tuned to the end for a special message for tour guide Craig, aka Scottish Comedian, Eleanor Morton.

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This week on another bumper Sunday Special we hosted a brilliant panel of ICCL's Liam Herrick, Returning Champion, Emma DeSouza, Mr Polls Harry McEvansoneya and Dublin Inquirer Reporter, Shamim Malekmian. This time we talked the week that was and the year in review.

We went deep on COVID and civil liberty restrictions, NI progress and the BoJo clown show, we looked at Unity Poll vs Chicken Curry question, the denial around the PSC's demise and we each shared some positives from the year. A great show!

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

We talked Fianna Fáil as a charity, the great news for some undocumented migrants, the Oireachtas Report into Travellers, COVID restrictions, schools aren't safe, succor for the far right, the arts kicked again and Tony's beef with Mark Rufallo.

New proposal here from Noteworthy HERE

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This week on the tortoise shack Sunday Special, we had a bumper show. Joining us to talk about the events of the week were Social Democrats TD, Cian O'Callaghan, writer, advocate and friend of the shack, Emma DeSouza, TCD Professor, Tómas Ryan and former political prisoner - now law student, Ibrahim Halawa.

We discuss the very worrying trend of increasing homelessness, the "Free State" nonsense polls on a United Ireland, the new Omicron variant and our COVID response, and we dive deep into the DCU lecturer controversy and what impact it has for students. We also touch on the Oscar Traynor sell-off, the Afghanistan humanitarian crisis and lots more.

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We've just finished recording a cracking, and at times spicy, Sunday Special. Joining us were Dublin Inquirer Reporter, Shamim Malekmian, Sinn Féin Senator, Lynn Boylan and UCD Asst Prof, Orla Hegarty.

We talk about how this State treats migrant children, the Energy Charter Treaty, the underwhelming COP, COVID in charge, Build to Rent devotees, the Mother and Baby Homes redress failings, Trans Awareness Week, Ireland Inc in Saudi Arabia and Rory vs David McWilliams. Check out Shamim's piece HERE.

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This weeks live Sunday Special is in the can. Where we were joined by writer, activist and regular contributor, Emma DeSouza, Social Democrats Cllr for Clontarf, Catherine Stocker and Irish Daily Mail Political Correspondent, Craig Hughes.

We discuss the scenes of violence and intimidation this week in NI, the COP26 conference and Ireland's Climate Action Bill, the Paddy Cosgrave/Web Summit coverage, housing via the Oscar Tryanor Road site and Craig's scoop about the Irish Govt looking to attract more international funds/vultures here to meet our housing need. A packed show.

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Last few tickets for Wednesday HERE

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We have just finished recording a Tortoise Shack Live with Sinn Féin TD, Reada Cronin, writer and activist, Emma DeSouza and Green Party MEP, Ciaran Cuffe.

We discussed the latest on the NI Protocol and how it's viewed as a positive by a majority now. We look at the COP26 Conference in some detail and delve into why Ciaran believes there is hope for a genuine Climate Action agreement. We also talk Sinn Féin's #Time4Change slogan in the week of them abstaining on a vote on reproductive healthcare in NI and a motion on the SCC. We also chat about the Prussia Street evictions and gentrification via dereliction and the scary COVID situation.

Don't forget the Live Sugar Club show is only a few days away. Tickets HERE

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