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Elkstone backs Dublin AI sales platform Overpath in €1.6m round
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Overpath was founded in 2025 by The Lennox Academy’s Ross Keating and Dermot O’Connor. Read more: Elkstone backs Dublin AI sales platform Overpath in €1.6m round
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Third UCD AI start-up accelerator open to participants
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In particular, the accelerator is looking for AI start-ups that are actively raising and aiming to close their funding rounds in 2026. Read more: Third UCD AI start-up accelerator open to participants
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It is time to work on those meta skills in a big way
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If 2026 is the year where you take upskilling to the next level, start by learning about meta skills. Read more: It is time to work on those meta skills in a big way
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The January Orange Rag Is Here!
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Hi and welcome to the first Orange Rag of 2026, where we pick up on some of the most important themes of the month, including the shift of power from private practice to the in-house sector, plus the strategic considerations that many law firms are battling with around how to avoid private equity investment…
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Sustainable software: Green code and should you be using it?
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When it comes to programming, you may think about use case first and its potential impact second, but you can prioritise both. Read more: Sustainable software: Green code and should you be using it?
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Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs globally as AI spending rises
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It is unclear how many Ireland-based jobs will be affected in the move. Read more: Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs globally as AI spending rises
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France moves government departments off Zoom, MS Teams onto homegrown Visio
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As geopolitical tensions abound, France is going all in on its strategy to stop using foreign software vendors, announcing plans to move departments to homegrown Visio. Read more: France moves government departments off Zoom, MS Teams onto homegrown Visio
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AI2 targets SMEs with new open-source developer agents
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‘Bringing the cost of replicating strong coding agents down to a few hundred dollars will unlock research that simply wasn’t possible before’, AI2 said. Read more: AI2 targets SMEs with new open-source developer agents
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£40m Ulster University medtech hub gets Belfast council nod
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Construction will commence following the completion of a formal construction tender process. Read more: £40m Ulster University medtech hub gets Belfast council nod
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Despite economic headwinds, EI companies create net job growth
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69pc of the overall job growth was outside of Dublin, with much activity in the midlands and the south-east. Read more: Despite economic headwinds, EI companies create net job growth