Tech news for small Irish firms.
For the accountant in Sligo and the twenty-person software firm, not for the people who already work in tech.
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- Guinness Enterprise Centre expands UK links for Irish start-ups — The Irish incubation hub is building new routes into the UK through partnerships with organisations in Manchester, Liverpool and Scotland.
- Stripe plans 200 new jobs at Dublin headquarters — Stripe plans to add 200 engineering and marketing jobs at its Dublin headquarters, following reported increases in revenue and profit.
- Fórsa members at Oberstown to resume strike action in October — Fórsa members at Dublin’s Oberstown Children Detention Campus will stage a three-day strike from 5 October after a deadline passed.
- ASTI members set October dates for work-to-rule and strike action — ASTI members will begin a work-to-rule on October 5 and strike nine days later if meaningful pay talks have not begun.
- Squarespace commits €70m to Dublin operations and plans 120 hires — Squarespace is investing a further €70m in Ireland in partnership with IDA Ireland. The company also plans to hire 120 people.
- Google fined €403m by Irish watchdog over location data — Google has been fined €403m by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission over its processing of location data and the use of data for advertising.
- Dublin protest puts housing and living costs before Budget 2027 — Trade unions and political activists marched in Dublin over housing and household costs ahead of the 6 October budget.
- Energia to raise some electricity tariffs by up to 30% — Energia is increasing some electricity tariffs by up to 30%, citing volatility in wholesale energy markets and conflict in the Gulf.
- Coimisiún na Meán opens investigation into X over child safety controls — Ireland’s media regulator is investigating X over concerns about its age-assurance measures and parental controls.
- Irish child poverty rises despite growth in average incomes, research finds — Research from the Economic and Social Research Institute finds child poverty has risen, with housing costs pushing more children below the poverty line.
- SSE Airtricity to raise gas and electricity prices by about 9% — SSE Airtricity will increase gas and electricity prices for home energy customers next month, raising average bills by about 9%.
- CAO operator records almost €1m pre-tax profit after record applications — The Galway-based company behind the CAO recorded almost €1m in pre-tax profit in 2025, with profits up 27% as applications reached record levels.
- Bus Éireann worker awarded €40,000 after medical retirement dispute — The WRC ordered Bus Éireann to pay George Moloney €40,000 after finding he was penalised over a personal injury claim.
- Minister, RSA and gardaí to meet on motorway road safety — Senior officials from transport and justice bodies will meet on Friday to discuss motorway road safety in Ireland.
- UL course co-designed with Stripe celebrates first master's graduates — The University of Limerick has honoured the first master's graduates from its software engineering course, designed with Stripe and other technology companies.
- Ireland defers fuel excise duty increases as Dáil is recalled — The government will delay the planned reversal of fuel excise duty cuts. Enterprise Minister Peter Burke said the decision carries a significant cost.
- Irish alcohol excise is second highest in Europe, study finds — Irish consumers pay the second-highest alcohol excise duties in Europe. Excise and VAT make up half the price of an off-licence bottle of wine.
- Stripe reportedly agrees $7bn deal to buy OpenRouter — Dublin- and California-headquartered Stripe has reportedly agreed to acquire AI marketplace OpenRouter for $7bn.
- Stripe opens applications for 2027 Young Scientist exhibition — Stripe has opened applications for its 2027 Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition and increased the main prize to €10,000.
- Research spin-outs in Ireland employ nearly 2,500, survey finds — Enterprise Ireland’s 2025 Annual Knowledge Transfer Survey reports rising research activity and increased industry collaboration in Ireland.
- Bird remains found in Ryanair 737 engine after window incident — The US National Transportation Safety Board said bird remains were found in a Ryanair 737 engine after an engine part shattered a window during a July flight from Greece.
- Ryanair signs five-year Google Cloud deal for airline operations — Ryanair will use Google’s Gemini and DeepMind models for crew scheduling, custom AI agents and operational decisions under a five-year cloud partnership.
- Offaly shop closed after human waste overflowed into food area — The Village Shop & Takeaway in Mountbolus was among 11 businesses issued with closure orders after waste entered an area beside food preparation facilities.
- Three HSE consultants received pension lump sums above €490,000 — Three medical consultants received pension lump sums exceeding €490,000 after retiring from HSE roles last year. One payment was above €500,000.
- Grok Image 2.0 arrives with segmented image editing — Grok Imagine Image 2.0 is now available in Quality Mode, with segmentation tools for editing specific parts of generated images.
- OpenAI’s Astra model solves ten long-standing math problems — OpenAI reports that its unreleased Astra model has produced solutions to ten open problems in mathematics and computer science, verified with formal proofs.
Topics
- Business — What technology changes cost, save or break for small and medium Irish businesses: software, results, regulation and the decisions they force.
- Startups — Irish startups and founders: funding rounds, new companies, hiring and the early decisions that determine whether a company here gets built.
- AI — AI coverage for Irish businesses: what new models and rules actually change for companies operating in Ireland, in costs, capability and compliance.
- The Island — Ireland itself as the story: public services, state spending, infrastructure and policy, covered for the businesses and people they land on.