The Irish Tech News Podcast

From wall flower to musician, Leah O Donoghue, Cape Clear Island We interview Leah O Donoghue to learn more about her experience of being educated and living on Cape Island, West Cork. She discusses her experiences as an irish speaking family, learning to become a musician and her journey into product development. Cape Clear Island has had a long positive tradition of families moving from all over the world, to raise their children in the safety and peace of a small friendly island in Roaring Water Bay, West Cork. With the current global pandemic that is COVID-19, many people are assessing what the risks will be of sending their children back to schools in September. Irish Tech News has been commissioned by the Cape Clear National School and Comhar na nOileán to help promote families considering living and educating their children on Cape Clear Island. If you would like to know more information about moving to Cape Clear and sending them to the primary school please contact cathaoirleachsnchleire@gmail.com or jude@oileain.ie

Why I moved my family to Cape Clear, 25 years later with Ger Ó Méalóid We interview Ger Ó Méalóid to learn more about her reasons for moving to Cape Island, West Cork, and then her experiences of raising a family and educating the children in an irish speaking family and community. Cape Clear Island has had a long positive tradition of families moving from all over the world, to raise their children in the safety and peace of a small friendly island in Roaring Water Bay, West Cork. With the current global pandemic that is COVID-19, many people are assessing what the risks will be of sending their children back to schools in September. Irish Tech News has been commissioned by the Cape Clear National School and Comhar na nOileán to help promote living and educating your children on Cape Clear Island. If you would like to know more information about moving to Cape Clear and sending them to the primary school please contact cathaoirleachsnchleire@gmail.com or jude@oileain.ie

Ronan talks to Meanwhile in Ireland's official Father Ted Critic Louise Kiernan who is also a leading member of the team behind Ted Fest. Louise talks about all things Father Ted including how we can still relate to Father Ted, why it has become a worldwide successful phenomenon, her favourite episodes and how it accurately describes Ireland and Irish society.

We speak with Debbie Stone in the reinforced polytunnels on Cape Clear which were once the island's fish farm. We learn about the importance of biodiversity, using native species and seeds, as well as pesticide free crop growing. This interview is also an excerpt from the Cape Clear radio show, and will be aired in an up coming edition after this sneak preview.

Interesting conversation with Brian Roe, from Servcentric, our hosting partner for Irish Tech News. We talk about cloud computing, colocation, and the future business opportunities that 5G can and will bring to Ireland. Brian has been working in this area for decades and really knows his stuff so it was great to get him to share his insights with us. Brian Roe is Commercial Director at Servecentric. A science graduate from UCD, he started his career abroad in a sales role with an IT hardware reseller before returning to Ireland where he worked in the IT managed services business for over 15 years. Brian moved to the Data Centre services sector when he joined Servecentric as Commercial Director in 2016. Servecentric is an Irish owned Data Centre services provider. The company provides its clients with colocation, Public Cloud and highly available connectivity services from its 10MW Data Centre facility in Blanchardstown. You can see more about their services here https://www.servecentric.com/

During the current one sector that has done really well is E-commerce, and one of the E-commerce success stories is Your Style Your Story an online clothing boutique. Ronan talks to Sharon Kearns the founder of Your Style Your Story and she explains how it all started, how getting her friends involved helped and how the COVID-19 pandemic has seen more people shop online. Sharon also talks about where her clients are from, her biggest selling clients, her style blog and her future plans for Your Style Your Story.

When a business is being sold on, why do some businesses not get sold and why do some business owners suddenly ask for money? Ronan talks to Denise Logan also known as the Seller Whisperer about this, why selling a business can be stressful, how she sees OMY One More Year a lot and her recent book.

Interesting interview with Mary Bermingham, Creative Director, Burren Nature Sanctuary, Kinvara, Co Galway, Ireland. We discuss sustainability, wildlife, nature, the impact of covid-19, and also the content of her new book which is called Nature Magic, and is already a best seller in several categories on Amazon. Nature Magic- How You Can Engage Everyone With Biodiversity- today for only €1.79 Already Number 1 New Release in Green Business You can follow here on Twitter here also https://twitter.com/MaryTBermingham

How to do a great podcast, 300 episodes and 4 years of insights with the Tec Dr are shared with us in this interesting podcast. We aim to chat with Ronan Leonard, aka the Tech Dr about his journey into podcasting, why he decided to do it, and to find out what tips he has to share with us from his journey so far. You can also learn more about his insights in this recent article he has written for Irish Tech News https://irishtechnews.ie/10-things-i-learnt-about-podcasting/ and you can follow him on Twitter here https://twitter.com/tecdr

How has technology helped Northern Ireland cope with COVID-19? Ronan talks to Big Motive design directors Rebecca Walsh and Stephen Shaw. Big Motive helped to design a COVID-19 response service app for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland and their COVID-19 track and trace app with Nearform who developed our track and trace app. Rebecca and Stephen talk about what Big Motive do, the COVID-19 response service app they helped design, and the challenges they had to overcome. Rebecca and Stephen also talk about our contact tracing app and their partnership with Nearform to design and develop Northern Ireland’s contact tracing app for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.