Interview with Barry Kennedy

Amy interviewed Barry Kennedy at MegaDojo. Barry was one of the organisers of today’s event . He spoke about how today’s event went and plans for next year.

Amy

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Interview with Catherine Hannan

Denis and Anna interviewed Catherine Hannan today at MegaDojo. She spoke about what she was doing at MegaDojo and how all the  children she spoke to seemed to love the day.

Denis and Anna
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Interview with Aoibheann Mangan

Amy and Roisin interviewed Aoibheann Mangan who recently won EU Digital Girl of the Year. Aoibheann spoke about how significant Coderdojo has been for her and who her role models are. She also mentioned what she plans to do next.

Roisin and Amy

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Interview with Iseult Mangan

Denis and Cara interviewed Iseult Mangan who’s daughter recently won EU Digital Girl of the Year award in the 11-14 age category. She talked about how important it is to inspire young people to engage in projects such as Coderdojo. She also gave advice to young girls in STEM.

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Interview with Nuala McHale by Anna and Denis

Denis and Anna interviewed  Nuala McHale from the Coderdojo foundation . She spoke to us about the Coderdojo initiative for girls and her advice for them starting out coding. We also talked to her about why she was at Megadojo and how she found the event.

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Interview with Sean Kelly MEP

Amy and Roisin interviewed Sean Kelly MEP today at #Megadojo in LIT Limerick.  Sean spoke about why he keeps coming back to MegaDojo and why CoderDojo highlighting the work of young people is so important. He also spoke about getting students involved in his line of work and Foroige’s work which was recently recognised with an EU Citizens Prize.

It was great to catch up with Sean after being recently invited by Sean to the European Parliament.

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Interview with Liam Browne

Cara and Anna interviewed Liam Browne at #MegaDojo 2017. Liam is the Vice-President for Research, Enterprise and Development in LIT. He talked about LIT and their work . He also talked about his department and he gave pointers on how to get through college and his experience in LIT.

Cara and Anna

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