skip to main content
RTE logo
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Culture
  • Gaeilge
  • Player
  • Tv
  • Radio
Profile icon
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Culture
  • Player
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Gaeilge
  • Weather
  • Archives
  • Brainstorm
  • History
Discover
  • RTÉ Games
  • RTÉ Archives
  • RTÉ Brainstorm
  • History
  • Gaeilge
  • RTÉ Learn
Food
  • RTÉ Food
  • RTÉ Recipes
Watch
  • RTÉ Player
  • TV
  • RTÉ One
  • RTÉ2
  • RTÉ News
  • RTÉjr
Listen
  • Radio
  • Podcasts
  • RTÉ Radio 1
  • RTÉ 2FM
  • RTÉ lyric fm
  • RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
Services
  • Orchestra
  • RTÉ Weather
  • Century Ireland
  • RTÉ Shop
Kids
  • RTÉ Kids
  • RTÉ Learn
Help
  • Contact
  • Feedback
  • Accessibility
  • Policies and Reports
  • Complaints
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Individual Rights Guide
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Freedom of Information
Information
  • About RTÉ
  • TV Licence
  • Vacancies
  • Latest Annual Report
  • Advertise with RTÉ
  • 2rn
  • Saorview
  • Newsletters
  • RTÉ Supporting the Arts

  • Barry Hayes

    UCC

    Follow@_barryhayes

    Dr Barry Hayes is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Power Systems Engineering and a funded investigator at MaREI, the Research Ireland Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine at the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at UCC.

    'In the GenAI era, the only way that we can guarantee academic integrity, and ensure the person being given a qualification actually knows something about the subject, is through supervised, in-person assessment.'

    What happens when ChatGPT takes a university exam?

    It's clear that GenAI tools can already effectively deal with and solve many of the topics taught to university students

    Education • 17 Feb
    'We should manage expectations around what smart meters can do for consumers in the short term.'

    Are smart meters providing any benefits to electricity customers?

    Only 4% of customers with smart meters are using them properly so can they actually help households save money on energy?

    Cost of Living • 24 Apr 24
    'We could envisage a scenario this winter, where we have a "perfect storm", with a spell of extremely cold weather driving up electricity demand, combined with low wind speeds reducing the capability of our wind generation fleet'

    Will we face electricity shortages in Ireland this winter?

    Facing an energy crisis not seen since the 1970s, how worried should we be about the lights going out this winter?

    Energy • 30 Aug 22
    Could this be the winter of cooking by candlelight?

    Why do electricity blackouts happen?

    Large-scale blackouts that result in total power loss to a large region are a nightmare scenario for grid operators

    Energy • 14 Oct 21
    Your new smart electricity meter will look like this, but will it save you money?

    Smart electricity meters are coming so what can we expect?

    The success or failure of the rollout of new meters will depend on the Irish consumer's willingness to engage with the technology..

    Smart meters • 13 Oct 21

    Search RTÉ.ie

    Cant find what you're looking for?

  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Culture
  • Player
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Gaeilge
  • Weather
  • Archives
  • Brainstorm
  • History
Discover
  • RTÉ Games
  • RTÉ Archives
  • RTÉ Brainstorm
  • History
  • Gaeilge
  • RTÉ Learn
Food
  • RTÉ Food
  • RTÉ Recipes
Watch
  • RTÉ Player
  • TV
  • RTÉ One
  • RTÉ2
  • RTÉ News
  • RTÉjr
Listen
  • Radio
  • Podcasts
  • RTÉ Radio 1
  • RTÉ 2FM
  • RTÉ lyric fm
  • RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
Services
  • Orchestra
  • RTÉ Weather
  • Century Ireland
  • RTÉ Shop
Kids
  • RTÉ Kids
  • RTÉ Learn
Help
  • Contact
  • Feedback
  • Accessibility
  • Policies and Reports
  • Complaints
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Individual Rights Guide
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Freedom of Information
Information
  • About RTÉ
  • TV Licence
  • Vacancies
  • Latest Annual Report
  • Advertise with RTÉ
  • 2rn
  • Saorview
  • Newsletters
  • RTÉ Supporting the Arts
Follow RTÉ

© RTÉ 2025. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

Images Courtesy of Getty Images.