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The Lamentable Tale of Dearg Due
Have you ever heard the ancient vampire story Dearg Due (Red Thirst)? It’s from my hometown of Waterford (Ireland) and ...
Tips on Buying a Laptop for College
UPDATED: 26th August 2025 Every year around this time, I’m asked for advice on buying a laptop for a student ...
Level 1 EP
Following on from the single 'Conspiracy', I've released a three track EP 'Level 1' on digital services today. It contains ...
New Music – Conspiracy
Hey, I have a new song out! It's all about conspiracy theories and is sung from the perspective of a ...
International Women’s Day 2024 Podcasts
As we approach the 8th March, I wanted to highlight some recent podcasts we’ve produced at SETU that chime in ...
The Alien Overlords
Throughout 2023, I somehow became involved with a bunch of green-skinned extra-terrestrial musicians*. 'The Alien Overlords' claim to be one ...
In Praise of Free Spaces
I began writing this piece at Schiphol airport in The Netherlands, having spent a week in the city of Groningen ...
Using an iPad for Work Travel: Replacing My Laptop For Ten Days
Questions like “can an iPad replace my laptop?” are often asked. iPads are pretty powerful machines and the availability of ...
Creating a Deaf-accessible Podcast
This week I'll be travelling to Toronto to attend and present at the ICA 2023 Preconference 20 Years of Podcasting: ...
Five Podcasts to Help You Learn About Computing & Technology
I learn a lot from listening. There’s nothing profound in that short sentence - it’s a pretty obvious statement actually ...
Updates
I haven't posted in a while as I've been busy - that's my story and I'm sticking to it! I ...
Irish Beats 23rd May 2021
Your weekly helping of fresh Irish music! All Tvvins, Saige, Amerik, James Vincent McMorrow, Moxie and more! My guests in ...
Falling Down a Pi-hole
As part of a 4th year module, some students and I performed some test on Pi-hole, a network level ad ...
Irish Beats 2nd May 2021
For the Bank Holiday weekend, I decided to host a mini music festival on Irish Beats, playing an hour of ...
Irish Beats 25th April 2021
Plenty of new sounds to get your ears around on Irish Beats this week. Played stuff from Imelda May's chart-topping ...
Irish Beats 18th April 2021
This week was pretty hectic for new Irish releases, so I kept the music coming thick and fast on the ...
Irish Beats 11th April 2021
I didn't much in the way of new music on the radio last week because of the vinyl special, so ...
Irish Beats 4th April 2021
It was an all-vinyl affair on this evening's Irish Beats as I dug into my collection to bring you some ...
Irish Beats 21st March 2021
Last night was the first radio show I've done in a while that didn't feature an extended interview. I enjoy ...
Five Ways To Celebrate Irish Culture in 2021
Another St. Patrick's Day has rolled around and many parts of the world celebrate Irish culture and heritage by painting ...
The Machine Podcast – Walton Institute
Last week, we published an episode of The Machine podcast all about The Walton Institute, which is the new name ...
Irish Beats 14th March 2021
A slightly different radio show on this evening. To celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge 2021, the second hour of Irish Beats ...
Irish Beats 7th March 2021
To coincide with International Women's Day and the Shine Festival 2021, we had a female voices special on Irish Beats ...
Interview with Caoimhe Barry (Wyvern Lingo)
Last week, I sat down with Caoimhe Barry of Irish trio Wyvern Lingo on the release day of their sophomore ...
Irish Beats 28th Feb 2021
There’s a grand auld stretch in the evening! New sounds from Bobbi Arlo, Slaney and Carrie Baxter on tonights playlist, ...
Lockdown Coding for Kids
During the mid-term break last week, a few friends were in touch seeking some advice on coding activities to keep ...
























