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AI can now fake identity
Season 2 Episode 57
AI can already create near-perfect replicas of passports, utility bills and other identity documents — good enough to bypass many existing checks.
In …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How to design digital government for everyone
Season 2 Episode 56
Digital services only work if everyone can use them.
In this episode of Transform Gov, Maeve Kneafsey speaks with Donal Fitzpatrick and Shivaali Scull…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Is government structurally ready for the digital age? OGCIO behind the scenes
Season 2 Episode 55
This is a frank conversation about pace, legislation, risk culture, and delivery at scale — and why digital reform will stall unless governments chan…
6 months, 1 week ago
The doctor helping to rewire how Ireland delivers public services
Season 2 Episode 54
Dr Tony Shannon, Head of Digital Services in Ireland’s Office of the Government CIO, shares his remarkable journey from emergency medicine to the fro…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
From endless pilots to real progress
Season 2 Episode 53
How do great ideas in healthcare move from pilot projects to everyday practice?
In this episode of Transform Gov, Maeve Kneafsey talks with Louise (Lo…
7 months ago
Joined-up by design: How Ireland’s largest dept. is re-thinking digital services around real life events
Season 2 Episode 52
In this episode, Maeve Kneafsey talks with Paula Lyons, Ass. Secretary and Head of Service Development at the Department of Social Protection, about …
7 months, 1 week ago
How digital twins could solve Ireland’s housing emergency and end paper planning
Season 2 Episode 52
Ireland is preparing radical moves to accelerate housing delivery. But what if the real breakthrough doesn’t come from policy — but from technology?
I…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Why kids can't skip skipping
Season 2 Episode 50
Childhood movement skills — hopping, skipping, throwing, catching — have collapsed globally. But one Irish spin-out is changing that story.
Dr Jamie M…
8 months ago
When AI starts to act: Alan Smeaton on the future of Government
Season 2 Episode 49
Can AI make decisions, not just suggestions? Professor Alan Smeaton — DCU researcher, Government AI Advisory Council member and builder of Ireland’s …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
A new Golden Age of Infrastructure: Huda As’ad on data, AI and building better for citizens
Season 2 Episode 48
From leading roles in the London 2012 Olympics to advising governments on next-generation infrastructure, Huda As’ad of Accenture believes we’re ente…
8 months, 3 weeks ago