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Echo Chamber Podcast
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Echo Chamber Podcast
@EchoChambersPod
Ireland’s biggest independent news, politics and culture podcast. Hosted by Martin McMahon & Tony Groves. Join us: patreon.com/tortoiseshack
- On the 1st of October 2019, Martin made a complaint to the Data Protection Commissioner that the Department of Social Protection was using the Public Services Card for mass surveillance. 3 years, 7 months and 23 days later, the decision is out. Martin was 100% correct.State may face damages claims over unlawful data gathering from Public Services Card irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4115…
- Stop saying “the mask has slipped” when @LeoVaradkar makes a Leo Varadkar statement. In this letter to the Irish Times in 2004, he said that free healthcare must be limited. He always hated poorer people. He still does.
- Dee Forbes defending the RTE Player is the must see clip of the day. Watch to the end.
GIF - I once thought Aung San Suu Kyi was an honorable decent person, I was wrong. I once thought a Garda Commissioner was beyond reproach, I was wrong. I once though U2 were something lefty and kinda rebellious, I was wrong. The more I learn, the better informed my decisions.
- The HSE had this letter all along and Varadkar still called the Pathologist's EVIDENCE into question. Any other country in the world Varadkar would be gone for personally attacking diligent professionals for exposing his government's malfeasance.They knew about it. They were appalled by it. They still didn’t have any intention of doing anything about it...until the last two weeks that is. Appalling really.
- Don’t get angry about Leo and his balaclava line. Get angry about @RebuildingIRL missing their build targets, about IBRC paying subordinated debt, about 4000 children in Hubs and Hotels, about Direct Provision. Leo is a private school debate team reject. Leave him to it.
- The False Centre - A Thread There are no facts, only interpretations - Nietzsche Example: Ireland is the most unequal society in the OECD. & Ireland is mid table in the OECD’s inequality rankings.
- In a country with the EU’s fastest growing economy and the highest ever number of people at work we should not have the worst housing crisis in the history of the State. Yet we do. #RaiseTheRoof Wake up @campaignforleo
- Meet Henry Minogue, long time friend of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Fine Gael member.
- Over a hundred years ago the leaders of the Irish revolution surrendered to the British on Moore St. Today we honour them by surrendering the site to our new Corporate overlords.
- So Martin got thrown out of the “Anti-Corruption” meeting. We’ll have a bit of a story shortly on tortoiseshack.ie
