Spelade
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Our second activist tells us his story about how our approach to drugs impacted on his mother and his father during his childhood, and we hear how this motivates him in the work he does as a youth worker and campaigner.
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Our third activist tells us her story about how our approach to drugs has impacted on her as a mother and close relative, and on her extended family, in an area not defined as deprived and we hear how she is using her creative talents to respond and campaign.
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Our fourth activist tells us his story about how our approach to drugs has impacted on him as someone working in Dublin drugs services and living his life in his home town outside of Dublin and asks why are we not learning from the past.
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Our fifth activist tells us her story about how our approach to drugs has impacted her life growing up in the North Inner City and we hear how she now work to help address the root causes of the impact of drugs on her own and other communities.
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This week Dave, Michelle and Clare discuss:
International Workers’ Memorial Day International Workers’ Day Political Festivals Government to defend ESAT case Government attacks independent media Homelessness Far right protests on Paul Murphy's house Varadkar eyes surplus for tax cuts The Stardust Inquest& More….
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Michelle spoke to Jamie Murphy, acting General Secretary of the Independent Workers Union (IWU) about the union and it’s most recent campaigns with Iceland store workers, bogus self employment of Home help workers by the state and more.
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This week Michelle and Glenn discuss:
Red C poll / Coalition “rift” and anti immigrant sentiment Performance of Gov parties vis a vis what is happening at societal level (industrialdisputes, call for wage increases etc) Media Blackout on PANA poll Clare Daly advocates for peace on RTÉ Upfront Decay of US economy (based off this piece https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/27/china-economic-alternative-us-led-financial-order/) Tax Breaks and the Squeezed Middle Forsa conference, HSE outsourcing and pressure on the health system Emerald Air (Aer Lingus regional) dispute IWU Iceland workers dispute update Tech workers unionising with FSU and impact of anti-trade union legislation ICTU calls for minimum wage increase, a living wage and abolition of discriminatoryrates of page based on age Peace and Neutrality Alliance poll - 87% support ceasefire Irish multinational in Columbia disrupting peaceAnd much more…
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This week we have a special episode about Cuba with Michelle Byrne, Liz from the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) and Sam Galvin (Chair of Unite Youth). They discuss the May Day Brigade, the US blockade, Healthcare, climate and farming, children, the family code, participatory democracy, culture, Committees for Defence of the Revolution (CDR) and trade unions in Cuba, International Conference and how we can show solidarity with the Cuban people.
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This week Dave Gibney, Michelle Byrne and Glenn Fitzpatrickdiscuss:
RTÉ and the future of Public Service Broadcasting Ireland Thinks Poll Spanish ambassador to Ireland on NATO Rise of the right across Europe Iceland and strategic insolvencies Water services workers on strike FG Selective outrage on fast fashionAnd much more…
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This week Clare and Dave have split the episode in to two parts to discuss:
Left Bloc’s festical Scoil Chois Claí 2023 on Inis Oírr Housing & blaming victims RTE, the strawman and deconstructing public service broadcasting Companies delisting from the Irish stock exchange Climate change and preparing for a 2 degree increase in temperatures Interview by Mebh McDaid with the Iceland workers at the Talbot street occupation SAG-AFTRA strike and superstar solidarity Cluster munitions and Ireland’s role in their supply Commentators seeking a nuclear warReport on the Future of Youth Work -
Part 2 of this weeks show with Clare and Dave discussing:
Climate change and preparing for a 2 degree increase in temperatures Interview by Mebh McDaid with the Iceland workers at the Talbot street occupation SAG-AFTRA strike and superstar solidarity Cluster munitions and Ireland’s role in their supply Commentators seeking a nuclear warAnd more...
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This week Michelle talks to Dean McGrath from the South East Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign to discuss his recent visit to Palestine and the ongoing oppression there.
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On this week’s The Week At Work, Michelle Byrne speaks to Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill, anti-casualisation officer in University and College Union (UCU) Queens University Belfast (QUB) branch and Professor John Barry, a green representative in UCU at QUB. We hear about the UCU QUB industrial action covering pensions, casualisation, pay and pay gaps and more. We also discuss the neoliberal agenda in education, the role of the university in the climate crisis and solidarity.
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This week Dave and Clare discuss:
Scoil Chois Claí 2023 Housing, tax reliefs and inflating prices Mary Lou and health Cosmic events in Portmarnock and alien cakes Russel Brand USC lobbying& much more…
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This week Michelle talks to Glenn Fitzpatrick and Mebh McDaid about:
- Electoral reform in the South
- Workers Rights under attack - Ryanair
- Free State mindset
- Future of Ireland’s drug laws: Gardai vs evidence base
- UBI and “a new social contract”
- Bernadette Devlin new journo role
- Scoil Chois Claí preview
- EPA and pushback on meat consumption, what of the “just transition”?
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