The Irish Tech News Podcast

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.

Ronan talks to Tommy Kearns, CEO and co-founder of Xtremepush. Tommy talks about his background, what Xtremepush do, their recent deal with Livescore. Tommy also mentions how Xtremepush’s intelligent engine works, where Xtremepush will go in the next five years, and why Brexit won’t be an issue for Xtremepush.

Ronan talks to Gavin Fox the co-founder of Dublin Tech Talks. The podcast interview with Gavin includes how Dublin Tech Talks started., what Dublin Tech Talks do, some of their best speakers and topics, how they handle no shows, how they chose the speakers and topics, the tech scene and the startup scene in Dublin., and Coder DoJo.

Ronan talks Julie Spillane, Business Sponsor for CoderDojo at Accenture and Rosa Langhammer, Head of CoderDojo, Raspberry Pi Foundation. Julie and Rosa talk about why Accenture is involved with CoderDojo, why coding is the language of the future, the 21st-century skills that CoderDojo teaches, and CoderDojo Coolest Projects. Julie and Rosa also talk about Raspberry Pi, their plans for more CoderDojo’s, why CoderDojo is a community locally and globally, and women in Stem.