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Lessons from building AI systems, enterprise software and cloud platforms for organisations in Ireland and the rest of Europe: where a person keeps the final say, how to make answers verifiable, and what the NIS2 Bill, the AI Act and VAT modernisation will ask of you.

For decision makers and engineers in Ireland, with sources you can verify yourself.

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FeaturedPublic sector / AI engineering

The AI Act for Irish public bodies: the 2026 Act, the AI Office and December 2027

Ireland signed the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 into law in July and set up the AI Office of Ireland. The EU high-risk rules now start in December 2027, yet the prohibitions, AI literacy and transparency already bind you. What changed this year, what a Government department, State agency or local authority must do as a deployer, and how to use the time left.

FromNine editorial team8 min read

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  1. Platforms / Architecture

    E-invoicing in Ireland: VAT modernisation, Peppol and the 2028 start

    Getting ready for e-invoicing in 2028? Revenue has published a phased timeline that starts with large corporates on 1 November 2028 and requires every business to be able to receive structured invoices from that date. Public buyers already take EN 16931 invoices over Peppol. Here is what counts as an e-invoice, how the network operates, where the EU is going and how to prepare an ERP.

    FromNine editorial team8 min read

  2. Architecture

    Accessible digital services in Ireland: the EAA and S.I. No. 636 of 2023

    Since 28 June 2025, online shops, consumer banking, passenger ticketing, e-books and other consumer services offered in Ireland must be accessible under S.I. No. 636 of 2023. What falls in scope, what the requirements mean for a site or app, who enforces them here, and how to make accessibility part of every release rather than a late audit.

    FromNine editorial team9 min read

  3. Architecture / Cloud

    NIS2 in Ireland while the Bill is pending: what you and your suppliers can do now

    The National Cyber Security Bill that will bring NIS2 into Irish law is still being drafted, and the 2018 NIS regulations remain in force. The directive’s supply-chain duties and board accountability are already clear, though. How they will reach the suppliers who build and run your software, and what both sides can prepare in the meantime.

    FromNine editorial team9 min read

  4. Cloud / Architecture

    DORA and your ICT suppliers: what Irish banks, insurers and funds need from them

    DORA turns operational resilience into specific duties for banks, insurers, fund managers and payment firms, and most of those duties pass to ICT providers through the contract. What the regulation asks, what changed once the first critical providers were designated, and what a supplier should be able to show.

    FromNine editorial team10 min read

  5. AI agents / Public sector

    When an AI agent must wait for a person

    Drafting is cheap for an agent; acting is where accountability starts. A practical method for Irish organisations to decide which steps need sign-off by a person, and when a step may lose its gate.

    FromNine editorial team8 min read

  6. AI engineering / Data

    Knowledge search your staff can rely on

    An assistant that answers from your own files is quick to demo and slow to earn trust. Trust rests on five qualities you can design and keep testing: access rights, sources, currency, admitted gaps and measured quality.

    FromNine editorial team6 min read