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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Tech Talk with Jess Kelly. With Renault's award-winning hybrid and full electric lineup, where style meets tech. Rethink Renault. This is News Talk.
Yeah, you're very welcome along to Tech Talk. This is Jess Kelly with you here on News Talk. Coming up over the next hour, I'll take you inside the Ireland Gateway to Europe trade mission as we visit Washington DC and Philadelphia. Enterprise Ireland will explain how and where opportunities lie despite geopolitical turbulence.
We'll hear how AI is causing headaches and opportunities in the world of recruitment. And we'll meet some of the businesses from Ireland, highlighting the importance of the Irish-US relationship. As always, you can email the show techtalk at newstalk.com or you'll find me on Instagram at jesskelleynt. I hope you're well.
I am speaking to you now from the 40th floor of a gorgeous Philadelphia skyscraper. Looking out at the stunning skyline. We arrived here from Washington on Wednesday evening. And I have to say, I loved it instantly. If you have never been, I would encourage you to add Philadelphia to your travel wish list. I think Aer Lingus fly directly here as well. So you can get here direct.
Have a few days, potter around. There is incredible history in this city. Shane Coleman actually told me that it is the mural capital city of the world because it has over 4,000 public art installations, including the Washington Monument and obviously the iconic Rocky statue. It has been a gorgeous place to walk around. And I think the beauty of Philadelphia really jumped out at me because...
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Chapter 2: What is the focus of the Ireland Gateway to Europe trade mission?
As I say, we landed in from Washington, which is where we had been since last Sunday. And I don't mean this in a bad way. And if you disagree, let me know. TechTalk at Newstalk.com. No shade at all to Washington. But I was slightly underwhelmed. Myself, Shane and his producer Clare walked down to the White House on Sunday and I was expecting this huge wow moment.
Think of all the times that we have seen the White House, whether it's on the news, in the news, in TV shows, in film, it's been everywhere all the time. So I was expecting the same kind of oh my gosh moment I had when I first saw the Sydney Opera House. But as we approached, it was, for lack of a better phrase, a bit meh.
Chapter 3: How are Irish businesses navigating geopolitical challenges in the US?
There were huge black chain-linked fences all around. The square in the front of the building is a construction site, and there were diggers and huge piles of dirt everywhere. And I just didn't get that, oh my gosh, moment. And I genuinely had expected it. Washington has been on my want-to-travel list for years.
That being said, however, if you went right up to the chain link fence and if you squinted, you could see the iconic structure and it looks lovely.
Chapter 4: What role does AI play in recruitment today?
But yeah, as I said, slightly disappointing and slightly underwhelming. I also wasn't expecting the city to be so quiet. I was chatting to my mum on the phone one of the days when I was walking back from the incredible Ronald Reagan building, which is where we were broadcasting from, back to the hotel we were staying in. And I couldn't get over how few people I encountered on the 30 minute walk.
There was a significant police presence, which perhaps that's the norm there, or it could have been in the wake of the events at last Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner and indeed the fact that the King of England was in town. But yeah, it was kind of a strange vibe.
a few people were on to me on instagram asking how was the experience going through the immigration at dublin airport so that's one of the best things i love about dublin airport is that i can do the us pre-clearance on this side so when you land you literally take your bags and you walk out you can just go through you don't even have to show your passport or at least we didn't when we landed in washington
The immigration process was completely fine. Now, I do have a visa, so journalists can get a particular type of visa to work in the US, which is what I have. So I walked up, passed my passport across the desk. I was asked what was the purpose of my visit. I said, doing a radio show. He closed my passport, handed it back, and on I went.
There was no kind of going through social media or anything like that. But again, if you've had a different experience in the last wee while, I'd love to hear from you at techtalkatnewstalk.com is the email address. Now, given all that's going on in the world at the moment, if you're an entrepreneur, you might think maybe now is not the time to scale and try to crack America.
However, from all that I've heard this week, the message seems to be that that is very much not the case. While we were in Washington, I spoke with Kevin Ryan, who's the head of East Coast based out of New York with Enterprise Ireland. Kevin, it is great to chat with you.
Obviously, over the next hour, we are going to hear from Irish businesses in the US and American businesses based in Ireland or that have bases in Ireland. But before we get into all of that, can you just paint the picture of the importance of the Irish relationship with the US when it comes to our businesses that are growing and reaching that global scale?
Sure.
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Chapter 5: How do Irish businesses establish connections in the US market?
And thanks, Jess, for having me on. Yeah, no, it's a really critical piece, the Irish business.
uh companies play here in the us and we've got a lot of companies we've got nearly a thousand companies now uh exporting and creating presences now in the us and that's increasing day on day uh so missions like the the team that the gateway to europe are doing and other trade missions that are going on at various times throughout the year
are critically important to visibility and creating awareness of the opportunities that are happening across every state across the US.
People may not know, but Ireland is a significant investor in terms of bringing businesses to the U.S., just as the U.S. is bringing business to Ireland. That seems to be consistent despite the geopolitical and political changes that have happened. That relationship is very longstanding.
No, it is for sure. And I mean, obviously Ireland and the US share a long history together. And I suppose this is a year the US is celebrating 250 years. And for much of that, Ireland has shared many, many stories, business and culture across those years. I suppose Ireland plays a vital part in the US. I mean, for a country the size of
We're five and a half million people plus and we're number five now in terms of the number, I suppose, largest source of FDI into the States. So for a country the size of us to be fifth in the US in terms of inward investment, it's a seismic investment and it's a seismic amount of, I suppose, importance that the Irish companies play here in the US. I mean, employing
upwards of 200,000 people across the US in nearly every state, with just the top 10 of our companies generating about 125,000 jobs. So again, it's a critical part that Ireland's playing in the US.
Just remind us a little bit about how Enterprise Ireland supports and connects the businesses that do make the move into the US, because I was chatting to a few people last night at the ambassador's residence
And they were saying that there is a bit of a culture shock, even though the commonality of the language and people will be familiar, making the move to come over to the United States, setting up an office, making connections, making the right connections and then growing. It's a lot to process, particularly for an early enough stage company.
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Chapter 6: What are the challenges of doing business in the US compared to Europe?
As always, if you have any for me, techtalk at newstalk.com.
is the place to go first up this week we have an email here from Mary who says hi Jess I have a Huawei P30 lite phone I can no longer update apps can you suggest a good phone that will last I use a lot of apps and photos I would like a lot of storage and good battery life and a good camera max budget is 400 if it was less that would be great any advice much appreciated
Okay, Mary, let's have a look at what our options are. So the P30 Lite was a great phone. Like John and I often talk, John Reilly and I often talk about how great those Huawei phones were back in the day. So in terms of your requirements from a tech point of view, but then also looking at the budget, I think you should look at the Samsung Galaxy A55. This is a beautiful phone.
I'm a big fan of the A range from Samsung. It's in and around 350 quid, so it's under your budget. The camera is fantastic. Most models come with, I think it's 128 gig out of the box, so straight out of the box, but it does have a micro SD slot if you want to get one and put it in to give you more storage for photos, but I'd imagine you wouldn't need it.
Battery is great, so 5,000 mAh battery, camera is brilliant, and it will tick as many boxes as I think can be ticked in that instance. The other brand you could look at, now I haven't tested it myself, but I know John Reilly is a big fan of the Xiaomi Redmi brand of phones. I think you can get them from three. So the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13, there's a pro version of that.
it would again be under budget but has a massive amount of storage built in great battery life and a stunning camera as well they would be your options uh so i do hope that helps mary and that you enjoy your new phone right that is it from me this week if you've missed any of the show you can listen back in full on the goled app just search for tech talk i want to say a huge thank you to the entire crew at ireland gateway to europe for hosting us this week big shout out to jamie who
was herding cats it was just wonderful to watch uh but jamie you did it you're fantastic as always so thank you so much a big thanks as well to the hard shoulder team for letting me tag along and hang out with them for the week uh but yeah that's it it's a bank holiday weekend enjoy hopefully is there going to be sunshine when i land home who knows probably not uh but enjoy the extra day of the long weekend john and the lads are up next here on off the ball i'll chat to you next week
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