Silicon Republic

23/05/2025

James Webb captures earliest ever galaxy seen yet

Patterns seen in MoM-z14 are also common among the most ancient stars in the Milky Way, according to the researchers.

23/05/2025

Nexus Inclusion has new vision for digital accessibility

The former group chief tech officer at Vision Ireland founded Nexus Inclusion in 2024 with the aim of making the internet more accessible.

23/05/2025

Anthropic yesterday (22 May) released Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 – models it claims set new standards for coding, advanced reasoning and AI.

Anthropic yesterday (22 May) released its Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4 AI models, adding more heat to a competitive AI market.

23/05/2025

Ireland has established a ‘Small Business Unit’ aimed at giving SMEs in the country more focus and support.

The Small Business Unit will be based in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and aims to give SMEs more support and access.

23/05/2025

UCD’s Prof Susan Leavy and colleagues make the case for an indigenous social media ecosystem to counter the dominance of US Big Tech.

UCD’s Prof Susan Leavy and colleagues make the case for an indigenous social media ecosystem in Europe to counter the dominance of US Big Tech.

23/05/2025

UCD student Simran Khatri and TCD student Kevin O’Leary are the joint winners of the 2025 science communication award, which was founded to honour the life and legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill.

Students from across Ireland entered the science communication competition this year, with submissions including illustrated essays, videos and manga.

22/05/2025

Galway’s PorterShed hosted the latest edition of Enterprise Ireland’s Founders Listening Tour, with founders and start-ups from the West of Ireland on Tuesday (20 May) to share their thoughts with Enterprise Ireland on the regional and national ecosystem, and to offer constructive feedback on what more could be done.

Galway was the second stop on the Founders Listening Tour, which sees Enterprise Ireland (EI) travel to all the regions in Ireland to gather input and insights from the start-up community, in an initiative it says will inform the roadmap for its new strategy to support 1,000 new start-ups in the next five years.

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Enterprise Ireland

22/05/2025

For the fifth year in a row, Great Place to Work Ireland has pulled together a list of the best tech workplaces in the country.

48 technology companies made it on to the 2025 Great Place to Work list this year, for example CISCO, Expleo, Salesforce and Riot Games.

22/05/2025

Galway’s PorterShed hosted the latest edition of Enterprise Ireland’s Founders Listening Tour, with founders and start-ups from the west of Ireland.

Enterprise Ireland’s Founders Listening Tour gathered start-ups from the west of Ireland at Galway's PorterShed on Tuesday.

22/05/2025

BearingPoint’s Ellie Fitzpatrick and Amanpreet Sahota discuss the business benefits of AI and what companies need to prioritise for their adoption strategy.

BearingPoint’s Ellie Fitzpatrick and Amanpreet Sahota discuss the benefits of AI and what companies need to prioritise for their adoption strategy.

22/05/2025

The roles, which are supported by IDA Ireland, will be made available over the course of the next two years.

Fidelity National Information Services has announced the availability of 100 new technology jobs to be filled in the next two years.

22/05/2025

According to Bloomberg, the all-equity deal is valued at almost $6.5bn. While the Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI will be paying $5bn in the transaction, as the company already owns 23pc of io.

OpenAI is buying io, the AI hardware start-up founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive in a nearly $6.5bn.