Dave Moore

Many people across Ireland have been confused of late.

It’s after receiving a notification on their phone, saying they’ve been in close contact with someone that may have had Covid-19.

Well it turns out this is just a glitch from Apple and Google and is nothing to do with Ireland’s Covid-19 tracker app.

The issue is believed to lie with the underlying exposure notification application software rather than the Covid Tracker Ireland app.

Jess Kelly the Presenter of Tech Talk, available on the GoLoud App, spoke to Dermot & Dave this morning about the confusion.

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We all remember it! Going it on a car journey as a kid and listening to whatever music your parents wanted to.

Well, it turns out this is having more of an affect on our children then you may think.

Listener Brian got in touch with Dermot & Dave this week with a dilemma - he had gotten into an argument with his wife over the type of music he was playing for their children in the car.

Brian, who is an avid heavy metal fan had been playing Sliptknot for his son, but his wife thinks that not suitable. This then sparked a huge debate on the show as to what songs are appropriate to play when kids are in the car.

Hit play to hear Brian's full chat with Dermot & Dave below.

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It is the largest and most successful school based STEM program in the world.

The F1 in Schools STEM Challenge raises awareness among schoolchildren all across the globe of STEM through Formula 1; it encourages students to think creatively, improve their skills, and gain confidence.

It is the only global multi-disciplinary challenge in which teams of students aged 9 to 19 deploy CAD/CAM software to collaborate, design, analyse, manufacture, test, and then race miniature compressed air powered cars made from the F1 model block.

Four Irish teams will compete in the F1 in Schools world finals in Melbourne next March.

Offering a way to learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related subjects in such an exciting way is achieving great results.

Their aim is to increase the intake of students into engineering careers.

And they’ve seen some amazing success including people who have actually come through their initiative and have gone on to achieve significant outcomes in their lives including positions in Formula 1 teams.

Aaron Hannon and Paul Flynn From F1 In Schools joined Dermot & Dave this morning to discuss the project.

 

It was once regarded as the scariest and spookiest show on the box but now, 90s favourite The X Files is returning as a comedy cartoon series.

Dermot and Dave producer Maria Devereux had all the goss about the planned series and when we might see it on the telly.

Plus all the bits during the week that you won't want to miss!

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Whether you're suffering from mask acne, acne or just generally annoying skin. There is one product that you'll want to add to your bathroom cabinet ASAP.

On Mind Yourself Now with Dermot and Dave, Jennifer Rock aka The Skin Nerd answered questions on everything from mask related breakouts to the best products you can buy that are safe to use on the smallies.

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Our own Matt Cooper is a busy man. Not only is he hosting The Last Word with Matt Cooper on Today FM (weekdays, 4:30pm), or writing books, or presenting a current affairs TV show.

He's also revealed that he has taken up arguably the most controversial hobby in the country at the moment. Golf.

Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Matt revealed how he's gone from 'swearing' he'd never get on the course to being disappointed that he won't even get to the driving range this week.

Matt also told us about the brand new series kicking off on The Last Word this evening all about Donald Trump's America. The State of Trump's Union launches tonight and the first guest is Irish-born former US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power.

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Dermot & Dave's 'Ah Sure Lookit Wasn't That It' podcast is the perfect thing to keep you company over the weekend, whether you're out and about in the car, getting stuck into jobs at home or if you need to stick some earphones in for an hour to drown out the noise of your kids for some well deserved 'me time' (no judgement here!)

Jam-packed full of all the bits you may have missed the Ah Sure Lookit Wasn't That It podcast is your one-stop shop for all things Dermot & Dave.

This week Dermot & Dave spoke to a listener who needed help locating masks for her wedding day.

Dermot & Dave show team member Sean had serious issues with Dave's latest world cup.

While Dave had some bad jokes and we spoke to a Father Ted legend.

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Our Maria has made a huge claim, she reckons the funniest TV show in years has finally come to Ireland.

She is of course talking about “Ted Lasso,” a new original comedy series from Jason Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence.

Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.

In addition to starring, Sudeikis serves as executive producer, alongside Lawrence (“Scrubs”) via his Doozer Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content. Doozer’s Jeff Ingold also serves as an executive producer with Liza Katzer as co-executive producer.

The series was developed by Sudeikis, Lawrence, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt, and is based on the pre-existing format and characters from NBC Sports.

Maria told us about about it in her Telly news today - hit pay on the podcast below to hear more details.

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That’s Mad Ted!

It seems like some stuff may have changed half way through Father Ted and we didn't even notice.

This morning on Dermot & Dave, the lads were joined by Pauline McLynn who famously played Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 show.

She was on the speak about An Post releasing a set of four fun stamp designs marking 25 years of legendary sit-com, Father Ted.  The stamps feature iconic one- liners now linked to each of the four main characters: “That’s mad, Ted” (Fr Dougal);  “That would be an ecumenical matter” (Fr Jack

Retro wallpaper in the background of each stamp matches the different rooms in the Craggy Island Parochial House.

The specially designed stamp booklet (€5.70) by Dublin’s Detail Design Studio contains five stamps celebrating the characters, their famed catchphrases and the world created by Father Ted.

Four €1 N rate stamps cover postage in Ireland (including Craggy Island), with a €1.70 ‘W’ rate stamp for postage worldwide.

But while on Pauline revealed that the design team on the show changed after the first season, so eager eyed viewers will notices that the set actually changed a lot in the second season.

She told Dave all about it this morning - hit play on the podcast below.

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We all look at them and wonder what's going on inside!

Well, this morning Dermot & Dave got to the bottom of just how a wind turbine works in Ask Me Anything.

As of 2020 the Republic of Ireland has 3700 megawatt of installed wind power nameplate capacity.

In 2015 wind turbines generated 23% of Ireland's average electricity demand, one of the highest wind power penetration in the world. Ireland's 250 wind farms  are almost exclusively onshore, with only the 25 MW Arklow Bank Wind Park situated offshore as of 2020.

But, what is life like inside the turbines? Well some of the smaller ones have ladders that will bring engineers all the way to the top, while the bigger turbines - which can be seen in the Midlands - have a small lift, which can take those who to work on the them right to the top.

Liam spoke to Dave this morning on Ask Me Anything - hit play on the podcast below to hear more.

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