We can’t afford to ignore AI when it comes to planning processes: Planning authorities in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Australia, Singapore and the UK have introduced AI-driven tools to speed up their approval processes irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…
Sligo/Leitrim Junior Minister welcomes new XR Hub in Sligo:?This new facility at Sligo College of Further Education and Training in Strandhill, is a regional centre for immersive technology, digital innovation, and future-focused learning oceanfm.ie/news/sligo-leitri…
Ireland last in EU for number of young entrepreneurs: How the country is “better at exporting talent than backing it here”, according to industry leaders businesspost.ie/tech/ireland…
CONTECH — At Age 26, She Was a Construction Industry Outsider. Within 5 Years, Her Business Was Bringing In $5 Billion In Orders: Maria Davidson got the idea for Kojo by showing up on construction job sites with pizza and donuts entrepreneur.com/building-a-…
More Women Than Ever Are Assuming Leadership Roles in Proptech: But capital-raising in the field still feels like an old boys’ club
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Research Ireland and AIB invest €5.7m in facility to explore AI’s role in climate fight
Facility, dubbed ‘Decarb-AI’, will offer international researchers fully-funded, four-year PhDs with leading academic researchers irishtimes.com/business/2026…
RECORD number of Irish female-founded startups raise funding in 2025, but mid-sized rounds decline
Latest Female Founder Funding Review 2026 reports a record number of female-founded startups raising investment, despite tightening capital availability
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Construction tech startup raises $850,000 pre-Seed after Irish move: Scopey Onsite snags $850K pre-seed to slash construction disputes with AI-driven site recordkeeping startupdaily.net/topic/fundi…
UK government hires Google to develop AI planning tool: Google Cloud, Google’s suite of cloud computing services, was awarded an £6.9 million contract to develop an AI tool by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on behalf of MHCLG dezeen.com/2026/03/11/ai-pla…
Real Estate Is Insecure About Its Relationship With Data and AI: And it should be — artificial intelligence is powering data, but it’s a risk at the same time commercialobserver.com/2026/…