The Irish Tech News Podcast

We chat with Seamus Ó Drisceoil from Cape Clear, Ireland’s only Island Distillery, about the challenges and opportunities of making gin on an island off the south west coast of Ireland. https://www.capecleardistillery.com/our-gin/ 3 SQ. MILES gin is a handcrafted, dry Irish Gin of superior clarity made from juniper, island botanicals, and citrus flavours. A clear, cool, refreshing drink when mixed with your favourite tonic or other mixers and served with ice. The unique set of botanicals include laminaria digitata, a seaweed harvested from our own shores, complimented by island-harvested fuchsia and honeysuckle. The fresh notes are evocative of the brisk Atlantic sea air, and the wild unspoilt flora that define Oileán Chléire. Táimid cheana féin ag fás aitil dúchasach san oileán. Beidh cuid eile des na luibheanna a úsáidfear fásta sna tolláin ar an láthair agus beidh cinn eile fós bainte mór thimpeall an oileáin. Seo é an chéad ginéive as cósta Iarthair Chorcaí agus cuirfidh sé le traidisiún agus cáil bia agus dí an cheantair. Is féidir roinnt des na plandaí aitil seo a fheiceáil lasmuigh dhon doras.

Interesting conversation with Jillian Godsil, Blockchain Chair, Keynote, Journalist, Broadcaster, CEO, Writer, Former European Parliament Candidate, Law Changer. We discuss her own voyage of discovery to reach the place of experience and influence that she now holds. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jilliangodsil/ Named 2020 Blockchain Journalist of the year at Uptrennd.com Awarded 2019 Blockchain Journalist at CC Forum London https://irishtechnews.ie/irish-tech-news-jillian-godsil-blockchain-ai/ Named as one of the top 100 Blockchain leaders globally by Lattice80 https://www.lattice80.com/lattice80-2019-blockchain-100/ Short listed for the 2019 IMRO national radio awards https://www.imro.ie/industry-news/imro-radio-awards-shortlist-revealed-for-2019/ https://www.blockchainmagazine.net/in-conversation-with-jillian-godsil-founder-blockleaders/ Named as one of the 50 Most Influential Women In Blockchain, https://blockleaders.io/2018/10/05/the-fall-and-rise-of-an-irish-woman-jillian-godsils-tale-of-success-against-all-odds/ https://humansofbc.com/interview-with-the-founder-of-blockleaders-jillian-godsil-humans-of-blockchain/ https://www.coinrivet.com/comment-on-international-womens-day-what-is-there-to-celebrate/ Jillian has held senior positions with global PR companies in Sydney, Singapore, London and Dublin. She was PRO of Iona Technologies (Ireland’s first company to float on NASDAQ). She changed the law in Ireland in 2014 and is a former European Parliamentary candidate (as an independent). She is a co founder and journalist in the Blockleaders.io. She freelances for Irish Tech News, Irish Central, The Irish Independent and The Irish Times. She has her own radio shows on DublinCityFM and EastCoastFM. Her first job after graduating from Trinity College was as a systems analyst with JP Morgan. She is advisor to a number of ICOs, has been named a Crypto Queen by In Zero Conferences as well as listed in the 50 most influential women in the global blockchain rollcall. She is a board member of EOS Dublin. She keynotes and chairs blockchain events around the world – including Kiev, Austin, Muscat, Columbo, Dublin, Dubai, Amsterdam, Malta and London She has been featured in Al Jazeera, Russia Today, BBC2 Newsnight, UK Telegraph, RTE, TV3, Huffington Post, New York Times The Irish Times, Vogue Italia and the Irish Independent amongst other publications. https://medium.com/swlh/top-influential-women-in-blockchain-and-crypto-space-15f9a108066b https://thenativeinfluence.com/contributor/jillian-godsil/view/

Interesting interview with John Armstrong,the founder of Irish Tech News, who explains why Irish Tech News began and how it has grown over the last decade. Irish Tech News is an award-winning online publication aimed at keeping you informed of all the latest news from the world of Technology. With the main focus on Irish based news, we cover a wide range of topics from social media and smartphones to start-ups and SMEs. Now ten strong, we have assembled a talented team of writers, each experts in their own fields, helping us to cover as diverse a range as possible without losing focus or quality. https://irishtechnews.ie/

As Irish Tech News nears it's first decade in business we reflect on how the site has grown. We cover our approach to events, corporate partnerships, and how it managed to continue to grow and evolve. And we also explain about the value of having an elephant memory. See the latest stories on the site here https://irishtechnews.ie/ Irish Tech News is an award-winning online publication aimed at keeping you informed of all the latest news from the world of Technology. With the main focus on Irish based news, we cover a wide range of topics from social media and smartphones to start-ups and SMEs.

Great interview with Theodora Lau, Unconventional Ventures Why it is important to ensure everyone is included, fintech, innovation, diversity and lego with Theodora Lau https://twitter.com/psb_dc Founder @UnconventionVc | Advisor @BondDotAi | One Vision Podcast | Fintech | AI | Longevity | @Onalytica No.1 Women in Finance | @LinkedIn Top Voice https://www.unconventionalventures.com/ Unconventional Ventures provides boutique consulting services to drive innovation to improve systematic financial wellness. We connect founders to funders, provide mentorship to entrepreneurs, strategic advisory services to a broad set of corporates, and broaden opportunities for diversity within the ecosystem. Our belief is that anyone with great ideas should have a chance to succeed. Find out how we can work together.

Interesting conversation with Ruari O Donovan, Cape Clear artists residency coordinator & resident artist too. Ruari is one of the founding members of the Artist Residency program on Oileán Chléire / Cape Clear Island Meán Fómhair & Deireadh Fómhair / September & October 2020 le tacaíocht ó / proudly supported by Engaging Communities Grant - Cork County Council Arts Office, Comharchumann Chleire Teo, Ealaín na Gaeltachta and CREATE. See more here https://www.oileanair.com/ 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

Fascinating interview with Michael Prime, bioelectrical composer, filmmaker, botanist, ecologist. We take a walk around his unique gardens on Cape Clear Island. Here he has collected and nurtured plants from all over the world, often now endangered in their natural habitats. Michael is of course also well known for his long and successful musical career and we aim to analyse the cross fertilisation between these two deep passions of his. Since 1987, he has used of bioactivity translators to amplify the electrical activity of plants and fungi. This has been central to much of his work. Through the medium of sound, listeners are able to enter and interact with the transient world of plant reactions. You can see more on bandcamp https://michaelprime.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR2yCac1Md-ctnotuZPM8jSt8toqATaNERYl0hRD3A-UzFoxFd7yvk2mKMM and also here on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efSXd56gMCg See here for a more complete list of his catalogue -> https://www.discogs.com/artist/463-Michael-Prime

Flower gardening on Cape Clear, Roaring Water Bay, West Cork. A tour of one of the prettiest collections of flowers to be seen in a garden. 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

We interviewed Grainne O Keefe the new CEO of the Ludgate digital hub in Skibbereen to discover her insights into the growing network of Irish digital hubs. We also covered adapting your business model during a global pandemic, and how the future could be bright for rural and remote Irish digital hubs, both in West Cork and beyond. Web: www.Ludgate.ie More about Grainne O Keefe Grainne joined Ludgate in Skibbereen as CEO in July 2020. She brings with her a wealth of international management experience spanning 20 years in locations as diverse as London, Tokyo, New York and Skibbereen. Most recently Grainne spent a number of years with Spearline as Head of Innovation and while delighted to be back in her home town of Skibbereen continuing her career trajectory her journey before this is reflective of a large number of our graduates in the area. She graduated from UCC with a BCL in 1993 and then went on to complete an MBS at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD, in 1995. From there she joined Bank Of Ireland’s Graduate Programme and spent 18 months in Jersey, Channel Islands before moving to London to join JP Morgan in 1998 and subsequently Goldman Sachs in 2003. These organisations enabled global mobility + career expansion spanning London, Tokyo and New York providing Grainne with extensive managerial and strategic roles across global teams. In 2013 Grainne returned to West Cork to ensure her children could benefit from a childhood in West Cork. Her main priority with Ludgate will be to continue the strategic goal of job creation in the rural area ensuring future generations have the option to pursue interesting and challenging careers without the need to leave. Ludgate offers that path to the people of West Cork.

Podcast from the Sustainable Island Economies: Connecting Locally and Globally, Virtual Island Summit. This was Ireland’s Virtual Hub Event, and took place on Wed 2nd Sept 2020. This webinar explores local, regional, national and global connections to promote sustainability in island economies in Ireland. It aims to create connections which can promote exchanges of ideas and experience between Irish islands, the Irish mainland, European islands & the global island network, particularly through the global Virtual Island Summit (VIS) event and network. Sustainable Island Economies: Enterprise, marine economy, sustainability and environment Chair: John Walsh, chair of ESIN (European Small Island Federation). Speakers: Gerard Sullivan, owner of Bere Island Boatyard, who’s working to revive seawright skills in Ireland and our islands. Cathy Ní Ghóill from Inis Mór – Manager of Comharchumann Forbartha Arann, will talk about their waste and recycling project in context of the island economy. Máirtín Ó Méalóid, manager of Cape Clear Island Cooperative, Vice Chair of Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann