Latest posts tagged with #TortoiseShack on Bluesky
Davy Adams having a sandwich in the Diggers.
‘Don’t let them normalise the abnormal.’
#TortoiseShack pod with the unremarkably remarkable Davy Adams is out now everywhere. #CoddleIsLife
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Re-upping this #TortoiseShack pod - Pedro Sanchez vs Donald Trump with @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social and Joe Haslam from January
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The #TortoiseShack Wrap of 2025 with @tupped.bsky.social and @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social is out now. But only listen if you like your optimism delivered in a frivolous pessimistic manner…
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RTE: Photos show ex-McVerry Trust CEO gave big favours to close friend Updated / Friday, 19 Dec 2025 07:15
In 2018 while Pat Doyle and the “Professional Class” were standing at a press conference with then Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy, Fr Peter McVerry was in the #TortoiseShack. Peter was and is a legend. These cretins should be locked up for ruining his good name.
I’d very much be in favour of a New Rights-Based United Ireland. How about you?
@cjharvey1.bsky.social on the #TortoiseShack
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Was rejoined on the #TortoiseShack by the indefatigable @richardjmurphy.bsky.social to talk about Antisocial Neoliberalism. Of course @zackpolanski.bsky.social came up, because he’s on the up!
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Had a BIG chat with @philipoconnor.bsky.social on the #TortoiseShack recently and because I’m very generous* I’ve lifted the paywall.
*wracked with anxiety and existential dread
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Well done to you & Martin
Some achievement, keep up the great work
Thanks from me & @judesherry.bsky.social 🙏
#podcasts #speirgorm #TortoiseShack
If I was chocolate, I’d eat myself xx
#TortoiseShack
Talked on the #TortoiseShack about the Presidential Election, the lessons that can be learned from the Connolly campaign, left unity going forward and much more with the excellent @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social and Soc Dem TD Rory Hearne.
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Baraah sitting at her laptop in Gaza
On the latest PalCast, Palestinian writer, translator and poet, Baraah Qandeel joins us from Gaza to talk about the “ceasefire,” starting to account for all that has been lost and not yet daring to hope for a better future. Don’t miss it.
#TortoiseShack
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Senator Chris Andrews’ ship, as part of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, was struck four times by Israeli drones last night. He’s not been overwhelmed by the support of the Irish government or media. Full interview out now on the #TortoiseShack
Tortoise shack analytics showing me have more followers in the UAE than in Japan. Which is cool.
The #TortoiseShack: Big in Japan.
But bigger in the United Arab Emirates.
Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud is on the #TortoiseShack from Gaza City. Truly one of the best and most important journalists walking the earth today. Out very soon.
Writer and journalist, Nour Abo Aisha joined us on the PalCast in Gaza City as the Israeli military carried out its ethnic cleansing plan. Pls watch the short clip below and subscribe to the #TortoiseShack. Full interview out soon open.spotify.com/episode/3UDw...
Smiling Lynn Boylan pre-flotilla departure
Imad in his displacement tent in Al-Mawasi
Abubaker talking to Rory Hearne in the tortoise shack
Greg Stoker on deck of the US veterans boat
New #TortoiseShack podcasts this week with Abubaker Abed, @lnbdublin.bsky.social, Public Health consultant Dr Niall Conroy, Imad Qudaih and Greg Stoker. There’s even a presidential candidate pod. #Gaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla #RFKJr #ImperialBoomerang #Homelessness
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US Army Veteran, Greg Stoker, is part of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla that is attempting to break the siege and deliver aid to Gaza. He joined me from the deck of the Vets Boat. Please watch the short clip below. Full interview out on the #TortoiseShack
Pic of Idam reporting from a community kitchen in Gaza
The latest #TortoiseShack PalCast with Imad Qudaih a 22yr old visually impaired student turned war correspondent in Al-Mawasi, Gaza is out now. Pls listen and share open.spotify.com/episode/65Io...
MEP Lynn Boylan smiling on the dock in Italy before sailing as part of the flotilla
MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social is travelling with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla as part of a Legal Monitoring Team. She joined Yousef Aljamal and I on the PalCast just before they set sail. We even got a smile!
Out now on the #TortoiseShack
#BreakTheSiege #FreePalestine
“I want to have hope, but I am also terrified - not only of the bombs, of forced displacement, of tents and exile. I am terrified of being cut off from the world, of being silenced." Sara Awad Palestinian writer based in Gaza
Palestinian writer Sara Awad - The Final Evacuation - on the #TortoiseShack PalCast.
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It was a privilege to interview Sara Awad in Gaza City for the latest #TortoiseShack PalCast. “The Last Evacuation” will be available soon.
(Side note: Sara is braver than all of the craven Irish journalists put together)
ICYMI: Musician Ahmed Abu Amsha and his choir (Gaza’s Birdsong) singing over the drones went viral. We spoke with him on the #TortoiseShack - PalCast. He even played us a song.
My Guitar vs Genocide 👇
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Taqwa’s piece in The Intercept: HUNGER IN GAZA CAN'T BE EXPLAINED AWAY BY PREEXISTING CONDITIONS
Taqwa Al-Wawi joined us from Nuiserat, Gaza on the latest #TortoiseShack PalCast. A remarkable 19yr old woman who is telling the story of the ongoing genocide and famine.
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Listener comment: Jesus lads that broke me. The words are simple but they hit like daggers
Listener reaction to the Christy Moore podcast-piece on the #TortoiseShack. It really was something special.
#DisplacedInGaza
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Legendary Hero Tony Groves and new up and coming musician Christy Moore
Christy Moore is in the #TortoiseShack - Gaza, Activism, Music, Fighting Words and (sadly) even a mention of cork.
#DisplacedInGaza
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Adam Mohamed and tortoise
Ballymun’s finest, Adam Mohamed, is in the #TortoiseShack
A Ballymun Blend podcast coming soon.
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Just 9,835 screenshot from our analytics
9,835 people across 80 countries (706 in Israel 👀) listened to the #TortoiseShack in the last 24hrs. More people listened internationally than in Ireland. That’s hopeful. We might be a maligned Irish podcast platform by “legacy media.” But people give a fuck and so do we.
Warning: We’ve put out New #TortoiseShack podcasts with a rabble of uppity wimmin: @lexialex.bsky.social, @orla-hegarty.bsky.social, Senator Patricia Stephenson and NWCI’s outgoing CEO Orla O’Connor.
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New PalCast with meself, Yousef Aljamal and journalist in Gaza, Ahmed Aldremy is out soon on the #TortoiseShack.
“Israel killed my mother twice.”
