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James Grandage has joined Alt-V Law as legal transformation advisor in the latest significant hire for the UK-headquartered global legal technology consultancy. Grandage has been a self-employed consultant for 18 months and before that was global head of knowledge management at Harneys, where he revamped the knowledge team. We’re told that under his…
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Tides will ‘contribute to the most precise measurements of the effects of dark energy on the cosmic expansion rate’, said the project’s lead. Read more: TCD leads Tides, an astrophysics study into Universe’s dark energy
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From tourism and innovation, to market competitiveness and sustainability, the new scheme covers a range of important topics impacting Ireland now and into the future. Read more: Statement of Strategy 2025 – 2028: What are the key talking points?
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Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the body’s immune response to bowel cancer, opening up new treatment possibilities for people. Read more: Galway researchers make breakthrough in bowel cancer immunotherapy
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The organisation, which currently employs 50 people globally, aims to double its workforce by the end of 2027. Read more: Saros Consulting to create 50 new jobs amid €8m investment
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Dublin travel platform Hostelworld has acquired OccasionGenius, the US-based B2B event discovery platform, for $12m to support its social monetisation strategy. Read more: Hostelworld acquires US event discovery platform OccasionGenius for $12m
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Lette AI plans to grow its team, strengthen its Irish foothold and further expand into the UK and the UAE. Read more: Former Nory execs raise $1.4m for property management start-up Lette AI

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Join us for a webinar on 22 October at 3pm BST/10am EST, where we will discuss practical modern-day compliance strategies and take a deep dive into the challenges law firms have; the steps they are taking to modernise compliance decision making; how they are driving a compliance-first culture, and what role AI will have…
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Institute of Physics director of science Louis Barson talks to SiliconRepublic.com about the UK’s quantum revolution and the value of a physics education. Read more: Getting physical: IOP director talks skills to boost next-gen quantum
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Steven Lockey and Nicole Gillespie of the Melbourne Business School and University of Melbourne discuss how poorly deployed AI can create additional work for users. Read more: Is ‘AI workslop’ creating unnecessary work for employees?