Entrepreneurship stories
KPMG opens Global Tech Innovator entries in Ireland
5 days ago
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agricultural technology
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ai
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healthtech
KPMG has opened applications for its 2026 Global Tech Innovator contest in Ireland, with founders set to pitch for a place in Lisbon.
Why Legal Services demand is about to grow, not shrink
6 days ago
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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risk & compliance
AI in legal services is unlikely to shrink demand, with clients seeking more senior expertise and using efficiency gains to unlock latent work.
OpenAI warns of AI shock & calls for public debate
Last week
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risk & compliance
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open source
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ai
OpenAI urges governments to prepare for AI-driven disruption as Sam Altman says rapid progress could transform work, tax and cyber security within years.
EY names 24 finalists for Ireland entrepreneur award
This month
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uc
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manufacturing
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supply chain
EY names 31 entrepreneurs from 24 firms as finalists in Ireland's 2026 award programme, spanning technology, health, construction and consumer sectors.
Guinness Enterprise Centre reinvests €50 million in Dublin
This month
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gaming
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fintech
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digital entertainment
Guinness Enterprise Centre says it has ploughed EUR 50 million back into its Dublin start-up campus over 25 years, backing 1,500 firms.
LSI wins degree-awarding powers for AI-led teaching
Last month
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edutech
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devops
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e-learning
London School of Innovation becomes first AI-native UK university to gain Degree Awarding Powers, after regulator backs its tutor-led model.
Isle of Man hosts first spring interceltic business forum
Last month
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manufacturing
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ai
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clean technologies
The Isle of Man hosts its first Spring Interceltic Business Forum, uniting Celtic regions to forge economic, tech and green growth ties.
Entrepreneurs turn to AI for efficiency, not new markets
Last month
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robots
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manufacturing
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data analytics
Entrepreneurs increasingly see AI as a tool for efficiency and cost-cutting, not a springboard to new markets or sustainability goals.
Scopey Onsite raises €523k to expand construction AI platform
Last month
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document management
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devops
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digital transformation
Scopey Onsite has raised EUR €523k in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-based construction reporting platform across Ireland, the UK and Australia.
'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back
Last month
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hcm
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hybrid & remote work
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smb
'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Last month
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fintech
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hcm
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risk & compliance
On International Women's Day 2026, women in fintech expose an “authority gap” where progress on paper masks bias in daily decisions.
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Last month
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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healthtech
Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Last month
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digital transformation
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crypto
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fintech
Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Last month
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cx
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martech
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e-commerce
Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
Last month
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fintech
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cx
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martech
Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Last month
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partner programmes
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clean technologies
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marketing
From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
Last month
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data analytics
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data science
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management
On International Women's Day, a data leader urges young women to train for unseen careers, valuing curiosity and pivots over rigid plans.
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
Last month
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leadership
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flexible work
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engineering
On International Women's Day, a telecom leader argues that mentorship lets women give to gain, multiplying influence across STEM.
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Last month
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social media
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iwd
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opinion
Women founders are closing the start-up gap, but with VC still lagging, visibility and public storytelling are now vital growth capital.
International Women's Day: If women are not shaping AI, they will be shaped by it
Last month
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digital transformation
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fintech
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hcm
As AI reshapes work and life, women must be empowered to build and question it, or risk being defined by systems they did not design.