Ireland’s National Centre for AI to receive €5.7m funding for phase two of European programme
Pictured (l-r) are; Ricardo Simon Carbajo, Director of Innovation and Development, CeADAR and EDIH for AI Programme Director and John Lonsdale, CEO, CeADAR.
ADAR, Ireland’s centre for AI, has confirmed it is to receive €5.675m in funding for Phase 2 of the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Programme.
The €5.675 million funding will go towards CeADAR’s European Digital Innovation Hub Programme, a Europe-wide initiative. It is co-funded by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, via Enterprise Ireland, and the Digital Europe Programme.
CeADAR is one of Ireland’s four European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) which are at the forefront of supporting the digital transformation in Ireland.
New Online Course Launching Soon
Introduction to Prompt Engineering for LLMs and Multimodal AI, CeADAR European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) for AI Online Course. This online training course helps professionals use generative AI tools effectively, safely, and responsibly in real organisational contexts.
Developed by CeADAR’s European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) for AI programme, it combines hands-on prompt design with critical evaluation of AI outputs and awareness of EU regulation. Learners will gain hands-on skills for working with text, image, audio, and video AI systems while understanding the risks, limitations, and governance responsibilities associated with AI adoption.
The course will be available via our website at the end of January.
The Sunday Times spotlighted the success of the EDIH programme in Ireland.
Since its launch, CeADAR’s EDIH for AI has focused on one clear mission: enabling Irish enterprises and public sector organisations to explore, experiment and innovate with AI, in a practical, accessible and low-risk way.
Those mentioned in The Sunday Times this month included Carol O’Toole Boon from Progressive Credit Union Ltd., who has worked closely with CeADAR to develop a chatbot prototype aimed at improving her organisation’s digital customer experience.
“What I would say to other businesses is, if you are going to do this, don’t do it as a kind of aside whenever you’re free. Enter into it in the same way as you would with any commercial contract because EDIHs are letting you utilise some of the smartest people out there”
Carol O’Toole Boon, Progressive Credit Union Ltd
Visit our website to find out more about our EDIH for AI Programme.
CyclOps Winter School 2026
CeADAR recently presented at the CyclOps Winter School on Knowledge-based Systems and Data Spaces, that took place on the 12–14 January 2026 in Bolzano, Italy.
The Winter School is organised as part of the CyclOps project, an EU-funded initiative focused on the use of semantic technologies and knowledge-based systems to support interoperable data sharing across Europe.
Julia Palma, CeADAR’s Programme Manager, gave two presentations at the Winter School, the first on Impactful and Future-Proof Research followed by Building Trustworthy Systems from the Inside Out.
Visit our website to find out more and read both presentations.
Webinars & Events
ONLINE: The Graphene Flagship Digital Workshop
CeADAR Senior Research Data Scientist, Cristian Bosch is one of the speakers at ‘The Graphene Flagship’ digital workshop offering an introduction to the benefits and challenges of integrating AI into research workflows.
Aimed at postgraduate students and early-career researchers, the session will highlight applications in publishing, communication, productivity, and responsible research practices.
27 January 2026, 13:00-14:30 CET
Find out more about tomorrow’s event and register below
WEBINAR: The Art of Possible with Generative AI: Build Customisable and Task Specific Gems
Sign up for our January EDIH webinar and discover how to build task-specific AI assistants that work the way you and your teams do.
In this practical session, you’ll see how Generative AI tools like Gemini and Gems can be tailored into focused assistants that support everyday business and public sector tasks.
29th January, 12:30 – 13:30
WEBINAR: CeADAR Tech Talk: The “ChatGPT Moment” for Advanced Manufacturing?
Speakers: Prof Denis Dowling and Dr Cathal Hoare from Research Ireland funded I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Centre
There is growing adoption of digital technologies and AI within manufacturing to improve efficiency, predictive maintenance, and decision-making, though overall integration remains relatively low. Sign up for our first Tech Talk to hear how recent advances such as Physical AI and strategic industry alliances are accelerating this shift, enabling systems that can perceive, reason, and adapt in real time.
12th February, 11:00 – 12:00