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06:29

Human Intelligence: Does Education Need More Than...

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2025/09/19

By David Stephen who looks at Human Intelligence in this article. How does learning new things, regularly, become easier? What is the mix for mastery - or its variations - to boost problem-solving, creativity, innovation and understanding? Why are adequate facilities and instructors no guarantees for universal education? What are the limits of human intelligence that AI tutors of present-day may not change? There is a new [September 12, 2025] story by The Associated Press, Google's top AI

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06:40

TCS and Qualcomm Collaborate to Develop AI-Driven...

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2025/09/18

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, operating a Global Delivery Centre in Letterkenny, Ireland, has partnered with Qualcomm to set up the 'TCS Innovation Lab', a space for co-innovation with Qualcomm in Bengaluru, India. TCS and Qualcomm will co-create smart, scalable, and sustainable Edge AI capabilities utilising Qualcomm platforms for industries moving towards a software-driven approach to make their systems more efficient

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20:43

Minister Lawless announces 30th Science Week with...

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2025/09/18

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, has announced €847,820 in funding to support 36 projects taking place nationwide as part of Science Week 2025. Marking its 30th anniversary this year, Science Week is coordinated by Research Ireland and celebrates science in our everyday lives. Running from 9th-16th November, with 14 festivals and hundreds of events taking place nationwide, the theme for this year's campaign is 'Then. Today

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07:52

Why Architecture's past holds the key to sustainable...

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2025/09/18

Photo by Suzanne Rushton on Unsplash Modern 'sustainable' innovations in architecture are failing to slow climate change, but revisiting ancient knowledge and techniques found in traditional architecture could offer better solutions. sustainable futureThis is the argument of architectural historians Professor Florian Urban and Barnabas Calder in their new book Form Follows Fuel: 14 Buildings from Antiquity to the Oil Age. The authors argue that energy availability has been the biggest

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03:12

Fibrus wins international award for acceleration of...

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2025/09/18

Esri Ireland, the market leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), has announced that broadband provider Fibrus has won a Special Achievement in GIS Award (SAG) at Esri's annual User Conference in San Diego. Fibrus was recognised for its application of Esri's ArcGIS technology to accelerate the delivery of next-generation fibre broadband to homes and businesses across Northern Ireland and Cumbria. The technology was implemented across its government backed infrastructure rollouts,

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03:04

STEM Passport for Inclusion Celebrates Expanded...

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2025/09/18

The STEM Passport for Inclusion programme is delighted to announce the expansion of its partnership with Fexco, which will contribute €50,000 from 2025 to 2027. This partnership, which began in 2023, has allowed the programme to continue breaking down barriers in STEM education for young women from working-class communities across Ireland. STEM Passport for Inclusion, led by Professor Katriona O'Sullivan at Maynooth University, is designed to address systemic inequality in access to STEM

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06:35

Still Sitting on That Big Idea? Join Online StartUp...

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2025/09/18

Join Techstars Online Startup Weekend This September Social Innovation is the theme. It's 54 hours of building, with global mentors and a chance to turn your idea into action from anywhere in Ireland or beyond. Register here to be part of Startup Weekend Social Innovation Dublin Online. If your business idea is still sitting half-formed in a notebook or knocking around in your head, now's the time to give it some proper attention. Techstars Startup Weekend Social Innovation is happening

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06:03

How Fractional Leaders Are Helping Technology SMEs...

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2025/09/18

Guest post by Sara Daw, who is Group CEO of The CFO Centre and The Liberti Group, and the author of Strategy and Leadership as Service - How the Access Economy Meets the C-Suite, which explores the fractional leadership trend. For technology SMEs, scaling quickly is often a race against both market disruption and well-funded Big Tech rivals. Building the right executive team to support that growth is one of the toughest challenges founders face. Fractional Leaders Are Helping

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02:35

Trustap and DoneDeal revolutionise car buying with...

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2025/09/17

Trustap, the Irish end-to-end transaction solution provider, today announces an innovative partnership with DoneDeal, Ireland's largest car buying and selling website. Introducing Reserve Online, this partnership enables customers to safely reserve a car online in advance of purchase, with a 100% refund if they change their mind. With consumers increasingly seeking out online transaction options, the motor industry has lagged adoption - until now. Through this evolutionary partnership,

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03:49

TCS Team Secures Spot at National AI Challenge Finals...

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2025/09/17

A team from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), based at its Letterkenny Global Delivery Centre, has won the NorthWest regional chapter of the prestigious TechIreland National AI Challenge 2025. Their innovative solution, Project Aura: The AI-Native, Universally Accessible Browser, earned them the top spot and a coveted place in the National Finals, to be held in Galway on September 18th. The TechIreland National AI Challenge is a hackathon-style initiative bringing together developers and AI

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02:02

One more spin on the Merry-Go-Round

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2025/09/17

I am back in harness after taking a three-month break. I feel energised and ready for "One more spin on the merry-go-round". (The title of a book written by Sean Duignan after Albert Reynolds became Taoiseach in 1992. Albert said to Sean, "Are you ready for one more spin on the merry-go-round?") What did I spend my summer doing? I read books for the pleasure of reading and the "white space" reading provides. Discovered new songs and singers, new poems, and as a result of the time spent

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04:44

Ireland is Nearly Europe's Brain Business Jobs Leader

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2025/09/17

Fully 11.2 per cent of the adults in Ireland are employed in brain business jobs, a term for highly knowledge-intensive jobs in tech, information and communications technology, advanced services, and creative professions. Ireland now outpaces Sweden (10.3 per cent) and is just narrowly behind Switzerland (11.24 per cent) in knowledge density. Ireland ranks second in all of Europe in terms of knowledge intensity, and if the development continues, it could soon even outpace Switzerland as

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03:27

New funds available for clean and green tech from...

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2025/09/17

Blue Earth Ventures, the investment arm of Blue Earth, has launched the BE100 Fund supported by venture capital firm Haatch. The fund has already secured its first £500,000 from Blue Earth's founders and a network of exited founders turned angel investors. With a raise now targeting £1-2 million, it will deploy capital directly into the winners of Blue Earth's flagship BE100 competition, offering investors exclusive access to high-growth ventures. Blue Earth Ventures launch new investment

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08:49

Model Behavior: Does Human Intelligence Prove AI...

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2025/09/17

By David Stephen who considers AI Doomers. If humanity does not know what human intelligence is, why doesn't anyone who cares work on what it is, directly, in the brain? Why hasn't anyone founded a human intelligence research lab? There is a new [September 12, 2025] guest submission in The Washington Post, AI extremists are peddling science fiction, stating that, "The doomer-zealot axis rests on a false premise: that intelligence is a single, linear, measurable thing that machines can one

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05:00

Ireland can "Unlock €1- €2 Billion to Boost Irish SMEs"

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2025/09/17

Ireland has the potential to unlock €1- 2 billion of institutional capital to boost growth prospects of Irish SMEs and start-ups, according to the pre-budget submission published today by the Irish Venture Capital Association, which marks its 40th anniversary this year. "Threats to the Irish economy caused by increasingly isolationist US economic policy emphasises the need to recalibrate our own economic model," commented Caroline Gaynor, chairperson, Irish Venture Capital Association

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07:14

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland launches 2025 Impact...

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2025/09/16

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI), has worked directly with hundreds of social entrepreneurs, helping them turn ideas into sustainable solutions and scale their impact. By providing funding, coaching, pro-bono expertise, and a strong community of support, SEI empowers social entrepreneurs to drive meaningful and lasting social change. The SEI have now announced The Impact Programme 2025 and the five outstanding social entrepreneurs who have been awarded a place on the programme. These

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02:57

SIRO's Fibre Broadband Network Expands in Tipperary Town

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2025/09/16

SIRO, the wholesale broadband network operator delivering 100% fibre-to-the-building broadband across Ireland, has announced that its network is now live in Tipperary Town. To date, 1,432 homes and businesses in the town have access to the SIRO network, with a further 580 premises expected to go live in 2026. SIRO's rollout in Tipperary Town was delivered in two phases, with approximately 330 premises passed in June and a further 1,102 premises passed in August. The third phase of the

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01:05

Your staff are your biggest asset Paul O'Shea,...

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2025/09/16

Paul O'Shea is Founder & CEO of Ashview Consultants. Originally from Ashford in Wicklow, Paul established the business two decades ago in his box room and, since then, Ashview Consultants has continued to grow steadily under his leadership and now has a team of 30 professionals across offices located in Dublin, Newry, and London.I recently caught up with Paul. Paul talks about his background, what Ashview Consultants do, digital transformation and more. More about Ashview

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04:33

Almost Two-thirds of Leading Irish Businesses Now...

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2025/09/16

A total of 62% of top Irish companies have adopted AI technologies to support their operations, according to new Deloitte research produced in collaboration with UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. Adoption is advancing fastest in technology-driven sectors, with 94% of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) businesses surveyed saying that they use AI. The finding is included in a survey of 115 indigenous, private limited businesses participating in Ireland's Best Managed

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04:52

AICON returns to Belfast October, 2nd to 3rd

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2025/09/16

AICON will look at how artificial intelligence is reshaping key industries and society now and in future AICON is back for its seventh year, reaffirming its position as the largest and most influential AI conference in Ireland. As AI is increasingly adopted in all aspects of life, the two-day conference will draw together technologists with business leaders and researchers, to show how getting to grips with AI can help businesses achieve further success and growth. AICON Belfast 2025 will

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