The Irish Tech News Podcast

We catch up with Treasa Cadogan who shares her experiences of schooling on Cape Clear, and also what it inspired her to go on and do afterwards too. 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

Sustainable Island Economies: Connecting Locally and Globally Virtual Island Summit – Ireland’s Virtual Hub Event, Wed 2nd Sept 2020 10.15 am Technology and Connectivity: Using innovation and technology to connect Chair: Simon Cocking, Chief Editor, Irish Tech News Speakers: Dr Sarah Robinson, Post-doctoral researcher with Grassroots Wavelengths Community Radio innovations projects, UCC. Brendan Smith, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway Followed by short Q&A Speakers and Chairs: Dr Nóirín Burke is Director of Education at the National Aquarium of Ireland. She works in both formal and informal education, outreach, ocean literacy and stakeholder engagement. She’s on the secretariat of the Irish Ocean Literacy Network and a board member of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. Trish Hegarty is a former BBC and Irish Times journalist and director of Inis Communications PR agency. She has worked on a range of marine, tourism and regional economy projects for clients such as Fáilte Ireland and Foyle Port and ran the award-winning #LoveDonegal Day campaign last year. Rhoda Twombly lives on Inishlyre, Mayo is Secretary of Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann (Irish Islands Federation) and ESIN, the European Small Islands Federation. Comhdháil was founded in 1984 by 16 islands to examine the difficulties facing islanders, which they felt weren’t being addressed at regional or national level. Dr. Sarah Robinson is a UCC postdoctoral researcher on the grassroots radio project since January 2019, working with island communities on Bere, Sherkin and Cape Clear. Based at the School of Applied Psychology, her background is in social, cultural and community psychology as well participatory action research. Simon Cocking moved to Ireland 25 years ago and lives on Cape Clear Island. He is an entrepreneur, Chief Editor of Irish Tech News, & Editor in Chief at Crypto Commonwealth. He also writes for the Sunday Business Post and The Irish Times.

Positive experiences on a West Cork island with Gerardina Hartnett, local nurse & mother to four children, who describes what their experience of living on the island for a year was like. All four of her children went to local primary school on the island. We learn more about her reasons for moving to Cape Island, West Cork, and 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 while they lived on the 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

During the current pandemic, TDS pivoted and are now helping their clients return to work. Ronan talks to Stephen Bishop the CTO of TDS. Stephen explains how they pivoted, how they are assisting businesses with a return to work action plan, what a return to work will look like and how the cloud has become their Swiss army knife.

Fascinating interview with Samantha Parsons, from Fastnet Farm, https://www.fastnetfarm.com/, on Cape Clear island, West Cork. Samantha Parsons grew up fascinated by bees in Massachussettes, had her interest further sparked by her time in Greece. Then, when she wanted to learn more and went to events and conventions, was bemused to see she was the only young or female person there. Undaunted she found mentors and quickly grew her own knowledge and experience of bees, in all their forms. Samantha articulately advocates why bees are so important to our existence and why we need to do more to protect them, both for their sakes and our own. Their farm is located on Cape Clear Island, Ireland's southernmost inhabited island just 8 miles from the coast. We farm a pedigree herd of belted galloways which are well equipped to endure all that the severe Atlantic weather can throw at them. Due to its unique flora and fauna, the island is part of the Natura 2000 network with Specific Areas of Conservation (SACs). Their goal is to maintain the rich biodiversity with a low impact farming system while producing quality products. They produce a high quality artisanal honey from the native and hardy Irish black honeybee. All of our honey is raw, lightly strained and locally harvested from Cape Clear Island. Our hives are managed without the use of synthetic chemicals complementing a strong investment in an all natural approach and a healthy environment. The striking title image comes from a free resource aimed at promoting greater awareness of bees globally. See more images here https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml and in our interview here https://irishtechnews.ie/preserving-bees-photography/

Interesting interview with Mary Molloy Ó Drisceoil, who moved to Cape Clear in 1982 with her family, where they raised their twin boys on the island. We learn more about her reasons for moving to Cape Island, West Cork, and 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

From Pricewaterhouse to Cape Clear, Why I raised a family there, Seamus Ó Drisceoil We interview Seamus Ó Drisceoil to learn more about his reasons for moving to Cape Island, West Cork, and his 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

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.