Plans for New Irish Supercomputer CASPIR Moves to Next Stage
Ireland is moving forward with CASPIR, a new high‑performance computing platform procured by the University of Galway in partnership with the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and to be operated by the Irish Centre for High‑End Computing. The supercomputer will dramatically expand national HPC capacity, giving researchers faster tools for AI, climate modelling, health and materials science. The project follows a €10 million (~$10.8 million) EU‑funded AI Factory Antenna initiative and joins recent launches such as CloudCIX’s liquid‑cooled Boole system and UCD’s €724,000 (~$783,000) Nvidia cluster.
Are Interdisciplinary Teams Reshaping Work in the Engineering Space?
Engineering firms are moving away from siloed structures toward interdisciplinary teams that blend software engineers, quality specialists, analysts and platform experts. AI‑assisted tools now support test design, code review and documentation, enabling shared ownership of problems from start to finish....
Newcode to Hire 30 in Dublin as It Establishes Irish Presence
Norwegian legal‑tech startup Newcode secured a seed round of over €5.7 million (≈$6.2 million) backed by Alliance VC, The LegalTech Fund and other investors. With this capital, the company will establish an Irish hub in Dublin, hiring 30 employees in its first...
Are You Thinking About a New Role in Ireland’s Life Sciences Space?
Deloitte partner Vikram Kunnath highlighted Ireland’s status as a premier life‑science hub, noting over 700 firms and 50% of national exports. He announced Deloitte’s new Global Centre for Life Sciences Manufacturing in Dublin, designed to deliver AI‑driven automation, continuous production...
Are Ireland’s Professionals Prioritising AI Education?
Ireland’s AI education market is expanding rapidly but remains fragmented, with most professionals relying on short courses, corporate workshops, or self‑directed YouTube tutorials. Ian Dodson, founder of AICertified, warns that this piecemeal approach leaves skill levels uneven and offers little...
Dublin’s Auxilion to Create 12 Jobs Amid €1.5m Investment
Irish digital services firm Auxilion announced a €1.5 million investment to expand its advisory services practice, creating 12 new associate roles by the end of 2027. The expansion responds to heightened demand for cloud‑based automated solutions and governance, risk and compliance...
Why Shaping Company Culture Needs a Focus on Opportunity, Not Fear
Liberty IT’s senior director of talent, Emma Mullan, argues that transformation succeeds when organisations replace fear with certainty. By treating large‑scale change as a collaborative exercise, the company embeds a people‑first mindset through its Culture Playbook and Culture Stars programme....
Ireland Facing Skills Wall as Hiring Demand Remains Strong
Ireland’s hiring market stays robust, with unemployment under 5% and a rise in permanent and contract vacancies, but recruiters warn the talent pool is not keeping pace. Two‑thirds of surveyed firms expect no improvement in skill availability, creating a widening...
TUS Launches AI-Powered Digital Platform for Professionals and Employers
The Technological University of Shannon (TUS) has launched ReSHAPE, an AI‑powered digital platform aimed at upskilling professionals and aiding employers in Ireland’s midlands. Developed in partnership with Munster Technological University and the University of Limerick, the service provides skills audits,...
Irish Workplace Benefits Market Defined by Accessibility, Finds Morgan McKinley
Morgan McKinley’s Ireland 2026 Benefits Guide, based on 1,222 employee and employer responses across 32 sectors, reveals stark generational gaps in benefit access. Younger workers, particularly Gen Z, are far less likely to receive pensions, health schemes, hybrid‑work options and bonus programmes than...
Irish Unicorn Tines Creating 100 Jobs in the US
Irish automation unicorn Tines announced a 100‑person hiring surge in Boston, boosting its U.S. workforce by 42% to 337 employees. The expansion follows a $125 million Series C round that lifted the company to unicorn status in February 2025, bringing total capital...
Artificial Intelligence and Careers: Is It Time to Retrain in the Age of AI?
Gen Z hiring in UK construction and trade roles jumped 16.8 % year‑on‑year, reflecting a shift toward perceived AI‑proof blue‑collar jobs. Across the broader workforce, professionals are adopting AI fluency as career insurance, aiming for roles that design, manage, or direct...
Inside the EIC Accelerator: Practical Advice From One Irish Founder
Irish deep‑tech scale‑up Lios secured a €6.25 million EIC Accelerator award in 2025, illustrating the programme’s capacity to fund high‑risk, TRL 6‑8 innovations. The European Innovation Council grant offers up to €2.5 million in non‑dilutive funding plus a €1‑10 million equity component, but only...
StormHarvester: Using AI to Improve Wastewater Management
StormHarvester, a Belfast‑based startup, leverages machine learning and hyper‑local rainfall forecasting to give wastewater utilities real‑time insight into sewer levels, blockages and inflow. The company now works with 11 UK utilities, has deployed over 270,000 sensors worldwide and offers a...
Opinion: 2026 Will Be the Year when AI Transforms Business Value
Robert Byrne of PwC Ireland predicts 2026 will be the breakout year for AI‑driven business value. He argues that only focused investments in agentic AI—where autonomous systems handle high‑value workflows—will deliver true transformation, not just modest efficiency gains. The article...
Legal AI Start-Up Harvey to Open Dublin Office with 20 Jobs
Harvey, the OpenAI‑backed legal AI startup, announced the launch of its first Dublin office in March, beginning hiring today for 20 positions across control, recruitment, sales and customer success. The company leverages a multi‑modal model stack that includes OpenAI’s GPT,...
Trendy Tech Skills to Prioritise in 2026
The Silicon Republic piece outlines the tech competencies poised for high demand in 2026, spanning digi‑health, fintech, education and leadership. It highlights wearables, data analytics, AR/VR, AI, machine learning, blockchain and quantum security as core technical pillars. Soft skills such...
From A&E to SOC: What Cyber Defenders Can Learn From Emergency Healthcare
Illumio’s Raghu Nandakumara likens SOC triage to emergency‑room care, warning that current alert overload hampers cyber defence. He notes SOC analysts face more than 2,000 alerts per day, often making decisions with fragmented data, leading to burnout and missed threats....
Report: All-Island Coordination Needed to Unlock Tech Scale-Up Opportunities
A joint report by Scale Ireland and QUBIS reveals that Ireland and Northern Ireland’s tech ecosystems operate in isolation, limiting access to finance and creating regulatory friction. Founders cite a €1.1 billion funding gap and complex tax rules as major scaling...
