The Irish Tech News Podcast

We catch up with Courtney Sugrue from Munster Technical University, (previously Cork Institute of Technology] to get her insights on digital marketing, social media, and what it was like to do an internship during a global pandemic and an extended lockdown in Ireland. I am a third year Marketing student from MTU and currently a Marketing intern for Irish Tech News. Digital Marketing has become huge in the previous years and especially now during the pandemic as everything is online. I am delighted I got the opportunity to work closely with the social media platforms and further develop my digital marketing skills in such a great company. This has been a great stepping stone in a business environment and I look forward to what the future brings. Twitter: @SugrueCourtney https://twitter.com/SugrueCourtney LinkedIn: @Courtneysugrue https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneysugrue/

According to the IMF, the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic is set to reach $28 trillion by the end of 2025. Following the toll on both human life and the global economy, major investments will be needed into community diagnostics, to identify and quantify health problems and potential causes for concern, to mitigate another public health crisis of this scale. As an expert in epidemiology and global health. Ronan talks to Joe Brew the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyfe. Joe talks about algorithms being better than doctors, AI in medicine, machine learning, the revolution of smartphones, the acoustics of coughs, why sound has a ton of information in it, and the ethics of monitoring and technology. More about Joe: Joe is a scientist, epidemiologist, and economist. He has worked with the Florida Department of Health (USA), the Chicago Department of Public Health (USA), the Barcelona Public Health Agency (Spain), the Tigray Regional Health Bureau (Ethiopia) and the Manhiça Health Research Center (Mozambique). He is now the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyfe.

Jamil interviews Kurt Nielsen, who is the Co-Founder & President of Partisia Blockchain, a Web 3.0 public blockchain built for trust, transparency, privacy, and speed-of-light finalization. A seasoned entrepreneur, Kurt has pioneered the use of advanced cryptography solutions and turned them into innovative high-tech businesses for more than 12 years. He is also the Co-founder of three other successful companies - Partisia, Sepior, and Secata. A renowned academic, Kurt completed his PhD in Economics at the University of Copenhagen, where he has been an Associate Professor for the past 14 years. His research interests include: applied game theory, operations research, decision support systems, information management, and design of contracts, auctions, and regulation mechanisms. Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

In this episode of Irish Tech News, Sangeeta Waldron speaks to Niel Kirk, who enjoys using technology to solve business and societal problems to make a real difference. His clients have included the European Space Agency, the NHS and a major Rail organisation. Niel has a keen interest in emerging technology and wants to achieve a greener future. We learn about how artificial intelligence is saving lives; how the pandemic has made us more dependent on our connectivity; and how by driving social value, we can deliver the triple bottom line of meeting social, economic and environmental objectives. Connect with Niel Kirk on Twitter and LinkedIn. Connect with Sangeeta Waldron, Founder, Serendipity PR & Media and Author of Corporate Social Responsibility Is Not Public Relations on Twitter. Sangeeta Waldron is a multi-award winning Public Relations professional with over three decades’ worth of publicity, branding, communications, crisis management, marketing, media and social media experience. Sangeeta is a published author; her first business book, The PR Knowledge Book is published by Business Expert Press and received high acclaim by international business leaders. She is a guest lecturer at Coventry University, teaching PR and global journalism. Sangeeta is also a writer specializing in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, where her work has been published by the United Nations and other leading news platforms. Sangeeta started out her career writing speeches for a previous UK Prime Minister and Ministers, and has worked at the top level with big, powerful global brands, which includes - being global communications director for the Economist Group; working for The Times Education Supplement; the Mayor of London; Cass Business School; and charities such as Breast Cancer Campaign. A regular international speaker and moderator. Sangeeta sits on different boards.

When the COVID-19 pandemic first arrived, it was a shock to all of us as something of this scale was simply without precedent. The world we knew stopped in its tracks. When we finally get over the initial shock, those who are parents and caregivers are faced with the next set of questions. How can we best protect our loved ones with the new normal? What is the new work life balance, if there is even one? Join us in this episode of One Vision, where Theo and Bradley chat with Carleen Haylett, CEO of Sit-A-Bit, to learn more about how they are providing more childcare options for working parents and caregivers, and how the future of education may have been right in front of us all along.

Lucy is an ancestral skills teacher, Rites of passage guide & Rewilder. Lucy is the founder of ‘Wild Awake’, an organisation which seeks to rekindle environmental and cultural resilience through the (re)learning of ancestral and traditional skills in nature. As part of this organisation, Lucy also directs the 'Phoenix Forest School', located in Dublin's Phoenix Park, and the 'True Nature Youth Rites of Passage' programme. Lucy is passionate about supporting people to re-establish connection with themselves, their communities and to nature, of which we are a part. She is particularly interested in rewilding and rekindling the knowledge, skills and ceremonies we once knew so intimately, which cultivate deep belonging to the land. Lucy holds classes for adults in a variety of places across Ireland. She facilitates week-long immersions in Meath and Donegal, long-term rewilding programmes, hide tanning camps, as well as foraging and ethnobotany workshops across Ireland. Lucy has recently co-produced 'Airmid's Journal: The Irish journal of foraging, folklore, myths, magic and remedies' which is available to purchase through the Wild Awake website. Lucy feels most at home wandering barefoot through the woods, following animal trails & nibbling on what food or medicine nature has to offer. http://wildawake.ie/ https://www.instagram.com/wildawakeireland/ https://www.facebook.com/wildawakeireland

RemakingMoney, digital, is happening, in the UK and around the world. Right now! This is not a matter experts but is all 'our concern' because what happens next affects us all deeply - and not just our privacy and the freedoms we take for granted. Financial engineers and their extractive economics have already created a 'super league' of multi-billionaires and left the vast majority in financial insecurity, by spiriting away more than half of the fruits of our labours each year. Left alone this will only continue, getting worse. The remaking of money is our wakeup call and opportunity to reclaim and own our money system. Barry E James is a technologist, author and commentator who chairs the British Blockchain and Frontier Tech Association and has cofounded... The Humane Economics Project (which) seeks to reframe modern decision making with people and planet at the centre. Putting the markets in-service to mankind, rather than mankind in-service to the markets. Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author, her latest book is at https://persons-of-interest.io/

Kinsale Spirit Company goes to market with the first ever Whiskey Cask represented by an NFT (A non-fungible token) and auctioned on the NFT marketplace OpenSea. The  200-litre cask of Rare Irish Malt Whiskey, is live for auction until Friday, April 30th https://opensea.io/collection/rare-aged-irish-malt-whiskey-casks ) Co-Owner of Kinsale Spirit Company, Ernest Cantillon is interviewed today about Whiskey, Gin, Angels Share and what to do if you manage to buy this NFT - hint - come visit the warehouse once COVID is over and then bottle it under your own label to share with family and friends. Ernest is quoted as saying: “I’ve been a keen observer on the sidelines of the NFT world for a long time and always wanted an opportunity to get involved. I thought that combining the rapidly evolving world of blockchain to such a traditional business as whiskey would be fun – such a juxtaposition. When this whiskey was laid down nearly 20 years ago, it would have been hard to even imagine the whole world of NFTs and cryptocurrencies.” Kinsale Spirit Company plans on integrating these digital auctions into their offering combining digital and physical. While opening up new channels of whiskey aficionados and avid NFT collectors and crypto currency enthusiasts. Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author. Her latest book can be found here: https://persons-of-interest.io/

In this episode of Irish Tech News Sangeeta Waldron speaks with James Thirwall, social entrepreneur and founder of animalltea, who decided to set-up animalltea after a tricky question from his 4-year old; James’s answer was an organic tea company that devotes 100 percent of its profits to wildlife conservation. How One Man’s Passion Of Tea Is Helping Endangered Species animalltea is James’s passion project, combining his love of fine tea, conservation and social business. This entrepreneur’s love for tea began when living in Japan and has deepened through a career steeped in Asian culture. After a decade as an acupuncturist, he pivoted to become Head of Business Development for Canton Tea - a specialty tea supplier to high-end hospitality customers such as Soho House, Nobu and Mandarin Oriental. In this podcast, James tell us how he has created a company with sustainability 'baked-in' at every level, and wants to inspire others to do the same. We find out about the difference between loose tea and teabags and their environmental impact; the work of some of animalltea’s wildlife partners; and how across all cultures, tea serves to connect people to each other, to themselves and to nature. James lives off-grid on a narrowboat in Oxford with his son and dog. Connect with animalltea via their website Instagram and Facebook Connect with Sangeeta Waldron, Founder, Serendipity PR & Media and Author of Corporate Social Responsibility Is Not Public Relations on Twitter. Sangeeta Waldron is a multi-award winning Public Relations professional with over three decades’ worth of publicity, branding, communications, crisis management, marketing, media and social media experience. Sangeeta is a published author; her first business book, The PR Knowledge Book is published by Business Expert Press and received high acclaim by international business leaders. She is a guest lecturer at Coventry University, teaching PR and global journalism. Sangeeta is also a writer specializing in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, where her work has been published by the United Nations and other leading news platforms. Sangeeta started out her career writing speeches for a previous UK Prime Minister and Ministers, and has worked at the top level with big, powerful global brands, which includes - being global communications director for the Economist Group; working for The Times Education Supplement; the Mayor of London; Cass Business School; and charities such as Breast Cancer Campaign. A regular international speaker and moderator. Sangeeta sits on different boards.

According to the IMF, the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic is set to reach $28 trillion by the end of 2025. Following the toll on both human life and the global economy, major investments will be needed into community diagnostics, to identify and quantify health problems and potential causes for concern, to mitigate another public health crisis of this scale. Ronan talks to Joe Brew the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyfe. Joe talks about his background, why we were going to have another pandemic, why this won’t be the last pandemic, the paradox of infectious diseases, long covid, the politics of Covid, what Hyfe does and why coughs matter. More about Joe: Joe is a scientist, epidemiologist, and economist. He has worked with the Florida Department of Health (USA), the Chicago Department of Public Health (USA), the Barcelona Public Health Agency (Spain), the Tigray Regional Health Bureau (Ethiopia) and the Manhiça Health Research Center (Mozambique). He is now the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyfe.