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02:41

Cable Laying Begins Marking Key Milestone for Celtic...

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2025/08/08

A landmark moment was reached this week on the Celtic Interconnector project, as laying of the submarine cable commenced on the key energy project linking the electricity grids of Ireland and France. The next phase of the project was signalled by the arrival of the specialist marine vessel Calypso, which will lay the high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable for the project, which is being developed with EirGrid and its French equivalent, Réseau de Transport d'Electricité (RTE) and co-funded

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06:34

Diversity Champions Revealed: Finalists Announced for...

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2025/08/08

The finalists for the 2025 Diversity in Tech Awards (DITA) have been announced today. Taking place on Thursday, 19th September at 6:00 pm in a new location - the Gibson Hotel, Dublin - the event will gather over 300 guests to honour individuals and organisations leading the way in diversity, inclusion, and innovation across the tech sector. Now in its eighth year, DITA celebrates a broad spectrum of diversity - from gender and culture to disability and neurodiversity - and continues to

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03:44

Pure Telecom survey reveals 370,000 adults in Ireland...

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2025/08/08

Pure Telecom, Ireland's high-speed broadband and telecoms provider, has announced the results of its annual Connected Lives survey which reveals 370,000 adults1 in Ireland have engaged in a romantic relationship with an AI chatbot within the last 12 months. The research indicates a growing interest in AI for romantic connections, with a further 12% of adults - almost half-a-million people - revealing they wouldn't rule it out in the future. The nationally representative survey was conducted

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05:15

Kota Launches Instant Auto-Enrolment Pension Platform...

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2025/08/08

Kota, the Irish-founded employee benefits platform, has launched the country's first Instant Auto Enrolment Solution following its €12.6 million Series A investment in May. Their purpose-built solution gets Irish employers Auto Enrolment ready in just a few clicks. With 1 in 4 businesses unprepared and statutory contributions set to begin on 1 January 2026, employers have just five months to get ready. Minister for Social Protection, Dara Calleary is urging businesses to "act now",

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03:09

Storm Technology survey shows 68% of IT leaders...

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2025/08/08

Storm Technology, a Littlefish company, has announced new findings from its survey which found that 68% of IT leaders believe the use of AI by staff reduces stress levels. The research - involving 200 IT decision-makers and leaders across Ireland and the UK (100 respondents per market) - found that 60% think AI will help reduce burnout in their organisation, with almost three quarters (72%) of respondents of the opinion that AI would help employees to achieve a better work life

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05:31

TCS and SkyTeam Mark 15 Years of Transformative...

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2025/08/08

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, is celebrating 15 years of partnership with global airline alliance SkyTeam. Since 2010, TCS has supported SkyTeam in delivering digital initiatives that have enhanced the air travel experience for millions of passengers. Their collaboration remains focused on accelerating digital transformation and reimagining airline customer experience for the future. Through this partnership with TCS,

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06:11

Confidence Is the New Currency in the AI Economy

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2025/08/08

Guest post by Ciarán Quilty, Senior Vice-President for International at Intuit Digital transformation has flooded business leaders with tools but what it hasn't delivered, consistently, is confidence. That is the gap that matters more than ever now in the rising AI economy. Above adoption and access is confidence. Despite clear evidence that digitally connected businesses are 2.4x more likely to report higher productivity and 2.3x more likely to see increased revenue, more than 25% of UK

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03:39

National Broadband Ireland Launching 5 Gig Broadband...

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2025/08/07

National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has announced the scheduled launch of a cutting-edge 5 Gbit/s broadband offering, marking another milestone in the evolution of rural Ireland's digital infrastructure. With download speeds currently ranging from 500 Mbit/s to 2 Gbit/s, NBI is already delivering some of the fastest broadband services available in Ireland; however, the wholesale network operator, announced plans to further enhance its offering by notifying Broadband Providers of the upcoming

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02:58

A Record 6,450 From 84 Countries Register for Free...

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2025/08/07

Over 6,450 people have registered for the Law Society's free online course on Artificial Intelligence, which is open to everyone, including members of the public. In a record year, a total of 6,455 people from 84 different countries have already registered for the Law Society's annual free five-week online, on-demand course, making it the most popular course since the annual offering began in 2014. Due to high demand, this year's course closure date has been extended until Tuesday, 19

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05:26

University of Galway Researchers Observe Rare Ocean...

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2025/08/07

A research team from the University of Galway has captured a rarely observed ocean mixing process during an expedition to the Greenland Sea, a finding that could improve our understanding of Arctic climate change. The research team spent several weeks at sea during the summer of 2023 aboard the Marine Institute's research vessel RV Celtic Explorer, carrying out surface ocean measurements in one of the most remote and climate-sensitive parts of the world. The team focused on a phenomenon

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02:45

Families Urged to Share and Reuse School Bags and...

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2025/08/07

Ireland's first toy sharing platform, The Toy Library, is encouraging people across the country to redistribute school equipment like bags and pencil cases to support the environment and the circular economy. The Toy Library's Back-To-School campaign also looks to relieve the financial pressures of what is considered one of the most expensive times of the year for parents. The campaign invites families to donate pre-owned school bags and equipment that are in good condition by taking a

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06:57

Global Venture Capital investment in Generative AI...

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2025/08/07

Global venture capital (VC) investment in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) surged to $49.2 billion in the first half of 2025, outpacing the total for all of 2024 ($44.2 billion) and more than double the total for 2023 ($21.3b), according to EY Ireland's latest Generative AI Key Deals and Market Insights study. The sharp rise in overall deal value comes despite a near 25% drop in the number of transactions for the first six months of 2025 versus the second half of 2024, as VC firms

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03:59

Hydrogen Investor: Wind energy is vital to Ireland's...

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2025/08/07

A top international hydrogen investor says Ireland's wind energy potential makes it an ideal location for growing our energy industry and future power options. Alicia Eastman will be a key speaker at the World Hydrogen Technologies Convention in Dublin this October. Up to 2500 delegates are expected to attend the event, which will be worth up to €4m to the economy. With nearly three decades of experience in investment, strategy, operations, and diplomacy, Alicia Eastman stands at the

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04:28

Advise expands into UK market with €1.8M investment

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2025/08/06

Advise, the AI-powered data analytics platform provider, has announced its expansion into the UK, fuelled by a recent investment of €1.8M. The company will hire 10 new team members in the UK to facilitate the expansion and bring its agentic AI platform, designed specifically for consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies, to the market. The Advise platform, leveraging GenAI and Agentic AI capabilities, automates data from multiple sources at speed, producing personalised insights and

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03:00

Landmark Technologies invests €1.2m to launch Cyber...

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2025/08/06

Landmark Technologies, an Irish provider of IT and cybersecurity services, has announced that it is investing €1.2 million in the launch of a Cyber Monitoring Centre for businesses in Ireland. This new dedicated centre will provide round-the-clock cyber threat monitoring and response for both small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and larger organisations. Headquartered in Dublin 12, Landmark Technologies is creating five jobs over the next 12 months within the Cyber Monitoring Centre across

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13:26

Embracing Digital Art & NFTS - An Interview with...

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2025/08/06

By Selva Ozelli Esq, CPA, Author of Sustainably Investing in Digital Assets Globally President Donald Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) into law on July 18th making it the first federal law to regulate stablecoins. Approved by Congress on Thursday, July 17th the bill's passage saw the digital asset industry assets surge past a $4 trillion market capitalization for the first time, with a report by Coincub showing increased

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06:42

5 leadership skills AI can't replicate - key in the...

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2025/08/06

By Yousef Khalili who looks at key leadership roles. The adoption and use of AI continues to grow in all industries. In 2024 72% of organizations used AI in at least one business function, and this number will only increase. Being a leader in these times of rapid disruption and uncertainty can put you on guard. But, great leaders need not worry. People can be given tasks from an agentic AI agent, their completed work can be proofed by AI and even edited or enhanced. But AI cannot truly lead

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08:48

Almost 10 million trees planted by UK National Forest

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2025/08/06

The National Forest has planted more than 150,000 trees during the 2024 to 2025 season, bringing the total number planted since its creation to over 9.85 million. With the ten millionth tree now firmly in sight, the Forest is nearing another major milestone in a transformational journey spanning more than three decades. During this time, the visitor economy across the area has increased by nearly 30 per cent, with the arts and recreation sector growing by 14 per cent over the past eight

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02:44

Aer Lingus Unveils Major Mobile App Upgrade

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2025/08/05

Aer Lingus has unveiled a major refresh of its mobile app, as part of an extensive upgrade programme designed to transform the digital travel experience for its customers. This multi-million euro app investment is a key milestone in the airline's broader digital vision to become a leader in customer-centric travel innovation. The new and improved Aer Lingus app introduces several new features aimed at delivering a more seamless, intuitive and helpful experience for customers, especially on

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01:50

Biological computing Aaron Vaccaro, President of...

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2025/08/05

What if one could prepare their business for a future that doesn't exist yet? With technology evolving at an exceedingly fast pace and AI gaining momentum over the past few years, businesses are having to adjust on the fly or risk being left behind. However, one company, is helping business leaders and CEOs prepare for these technological advancements. That company is Singularity University and I recently caught up with Aaron Vaccaro, the president of Singularity University Aaron talks

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