Censuswide stories
Fewer than one in three manufacturers have received direct grant funding, underscoring doubts that the Government's strategy is reaching factory floors.
Most finance chiefs are under board pressure to adopt AI, despite concerns that fragmented systems and poor data could undermine controls.
Data ownership is now the main concern for construction technology chiefs, as vendor lock-in and AI readiness threaten project delivery.
Trust concerns are pausing nearly half of planned AI spending at medium and large firms, with explainability now outweighing regulatory uncertainty.
A quarter of office staff fear losing jobs to AI, as new research suggests digital colleagues could become commonplace in Ireland within three years.
A lack of clear IT planning is leaving Irish large firms with a €667,000 annual drag from projects that should have been stopped.
Many firms still lack grants and training as ministers' industrial push is judged on what reaches factory floors, Fluke research shows.
Most Irish adults want ministers to stop public bodies paying cyber ransoms, though concern rises sharply if citizens' data could be exposed.
Streaming delays and buffering are leaving millions of viewers missing key moments as home broadband struggles to cope with live sport.
More than half of Irish office staff say speed is taking precedence over rules, raising the risk of unchecked breaches and data lapses.
Seven in ten SMEs now act on AI financial advice before calling accountants, as many expect software to soon handle compliance work too.
Many large UK businesses are already piloting quantum computing as a means to tackle cost-heavy optimisation tasks and AI bottlenecks.
Nearly half of large Irish organisations still lack confidence in spotting attackers early, leaving customer data and operations exposed.
Mobile barriers are costing UK businesses customers, with 81% of 18- to 24-year-olds reporting problems on smartphones.
Skills shortages and fragmented rollouts are leaving telecom operators unable to scale AI, with most executives warning of higher costs and margin pressure.
Skills shortages are now the biggest obstacle as predictive maintenance adoption in UK factories climbs from 9% to 22%.
Yet only 15 per cent have deployed OT-specific visibility tools, even as cyber incidents have already disrupted critical systems for most respondents.
Most high-volume British businesses still reconcile payments by hand, leaving finance teams with patchy visibility over costs and fund flows.
Staff shortages, legacy systems and AI demands are leaving most IT decision-makers in Irish companies reporting stress and mental health issues.
High electricity costs are pushing UK companies to place AI systems overseas, putting the country’s sovereignty ambitions under pressure.
