The Irish Tech News Podcast

Ronan talks to Professor Barry O’ Reilly of Assert & UCC who was involved with the development of the COVID-19 Remote Early Warning System also known as CREW. Professor O’Reilly talks about how the idea of CREW came about, how it works and what you need to use it. Professor O’Reilly also talks about how easy it is to implement and if they are thinking about selling it in other countries.

Ronan talks too Will O’Brien a Director of Cyber Practice at PwC. Will explains how cyber-criminals are exploiting the current COVID-19 crisis, how people working remotely from home can make sure it is a secure environment. Will also mentions what BYOD guidelines he recommends that businesses observe, and as we don’t know how long quarantine will end he also talks about how easy is it install software updates and patches.

Ronan talks to Cedric Aucher a Wexford native who is using his recently acquired 3D printer to print Face Shields for the frontline staff who are helping fight the current COVID-19 Pandemic. Cedric who will be working with his father and sister on this has also set up a GoFundMe campaign to help fund it. Cedric talks about what prompted him to do this, how his 3D printer has made it possible, how his GoFundMe campaign is doing, and the raw materials he is looking for to print the face shields.

Ronan spoke to John Harrington who has just started up a great new initiative on Twitter @covid19_tech, which aims to offer free tech advice to people who are in isolation in Ireland because of COVID-19. John talks about how the initiative started, how it will work, what tech issues and problems they will be dealing with, and the volunteers they are looking for to help run the service.

Ronan talks to Shane Ennis the Co-Founder of Sweep, the Tinder of online car sales. Shane talks about how Sweep started, what Sweep does, how Sweep will revolutionise selling cars online, and the special offer they have for car dealers as they face uncertain times due to COVID-19.

With Covid-19 becoming a worldwide crisis one of the things that we have to watch out for is our mental health. Ronan recently did a podcast at one of the Dublin Tech talks that focused on mental health. I spoke with Dr. Damien Clarke a Psychologist and Co-founder of Zeminar, Sinead Griffin a director at Nutrition Wellness Aimée-Louise Carton the CEO of KeepAppy and Shubhangi Karmakar a neuro medical researcher and an executive of The Association of Medical Student's Ireland.

Ronan talks to social media expert Samantha Kelly better known as the Tweeting Goddess. Samantha talks about the positives of social media, how social media can help in these difficult times, and why a community spirit is appearing on Twitter.

Ronan talks to Lisa Murphy Head Of People In Scurri about remote working in the face of Covid-19. Lisa gives some very important hints and tips about remote working including how to implement it and how keeping your employees in the loop is so important.

Ronan talks to Ciara Browne Government Channel Manager Code Institute. Ciara talks about her background. what the Code Institute does, the government-funded initiative in Kerry that the Code Institute is involved in, and how the Code Institute is trying to solve the Irish coding skills shortage.

Ronan talks to Jason Adams Co-founder, minMAX and Michelle McDaid Director Of Engineering, WorkHuman. Jason and Michelle talk about their talks at Dublin tech Talks, trust, how the workplace is changing, communicating effectively, and emotional intelligence.