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Learnings from Flipdish co-founder at New Frontiers regional gathering
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Do your due diligence when it comes to finding the right investor. That was just some of the advice offered by Flipdish’s Conor McCarthy at a start-up gathering this week. Read more: Learnings from Flipdish co-founder at New Frontiers regional gathering
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Why diversity is vital for the tech industry’s culture
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BearingPoint’s Marie Ryan talks to us about the biggest trends in tech and how companies can attract more women to senior tech roles. Read more: Why diversity is vital for the tech industry’s culture
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Webinar: MCP explained – How to bring your CLM into ChatGPT and Claude
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Thursday 22nd January 2026 3:00pm – 4:00pm GMT – Sign up here Advertisement Join AI-powered contract management provider Concord and Legal IT Insider for a session demonstrating how MCP works, what it means for legal, and how it can connect your CLM to ChatGPT or Claude so you can search, analyse, and act on…
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Irish private VC Baseline closes €4m round to invest in 50 start-ups
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Baseline founders say they became ‘frustrated’ with the ‘institutionalisation’ of how start-ups are built in Ireland. Read more: Irish private VC Baseline closes €4m round to invest in 50 start-ups
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Exclusive: Slaughter and May hires Anthony Vigneron as head of innovation
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In a major hire for Slaughter and May, the magic circle law firm has appointed Clifford Chance’s respected director of legal technology solutions, Anthony Vigneron, as head of innovation. Vigneron (pictured below) will join Slaughter and May in February 2026, and we’re told that he will spearhead the firm’s AI and legal tech strategy, partnering with lawyers, clients and business services teams to develop and…
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MediSnap: AI-powered medication tracker for paramedics and carers
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He may just be a lad from Letterkenny, but paramedic Declan Watters hopes to simplify patient care with his AI-powered medications app. Read more: MediSnap: AI-powered medication tracker for paramedics and carers
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Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces winners of the 2025 call
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Many of the winners have been recognised within a national innovation pipeline, ‘reinforcing the strategic importance of cross-agency collaboration to bring trustworthy AI to the frontline”. Read more: Health Innovation Hub Ireland announces winners of the 2025 call
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Databricks raises $4bn Series L at $134bn valuation
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Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi tells CNBC that Databricks could go public in 2026. Read more: Databricks raises $4bn Series L at $134bn valuation
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Ireland cutting emissions, but more needs to be done to meet 2030 goals
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The SEAI report provides definitive national data on energy supply, demand and related emissions for 2024, with provisional estimates for 2025. Read more: Ireland cutting emissions, but more needs to be done to meet 2030 goals
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Google funds law firm POVs to deploy ChromeOS devices in wider tech stack
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Google is funding a number of law firm ChromeOS pilots via reseller Appurity – a long-term Google partner that is taking part in Google’s Jump Start partner funding program. The program gives resellers the opportunity to claim funding for helping professional services organisations to deploy ChromeOS across part of or their entire organisation. While law firms are almost invariably Microsoft Windows customers, Appurity is helping around 15 law firms with…