The EU AI Act for small Irish and UK businesses: what actually applies to you
Which AI Act duties bite now, which dates moved, and what a small Irish or UK business actually has to do about transparency.
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EU public procurement competition: 519,004 lots
Half a million EU award lots read end to end: 29.2% of euro-area lots drew a single bid, EUR 61.2bn went uncontested, and the dearest contracts were no more competitive than the cheapest.
Competition in Irish Public Procurement: 25,151 Records
Every Irish public contract we can account for across three years: 25,151 records, EUR 79.7bn, 6,996 supplier names when every partner on a joint bid is counted, and one award in five decided on…
AI Act for small businesses in Ireland: what applies to you, and what you can ignore
Ireland's small businesses keep being told the EU AI Act is a 2027 problem, or a high-risk-system problem. For a typical website it is neither. Here is what actually applies to an Irish SME…
What an AI disclosure on your website should actually say (with a template you can copy)
The AI Act requires businesses to disclose AI use where people meet it. Here is what the notice should say, where it goes, and a plain template you can adapt to your own site…
The AI Act deadline for websites: what already applies, and what 2 December 2026 really changes
Most advice online frames the EU AI Act as a 2 December 2026 problem. It isn't. The transparency duties for websites have applied since 2 August 2026 — 2 December is a narrow grace…
EUR 61.2bn of European public contracts went to a single bidder
Six months of EU award notices, 519,004 lots that report bid counts, and the finding that spending more does not buy more competition.
One bid in five: what 25,151 Irish public contracts show
Ireland published 25,151 contracts and awards between 2023 and 2025: EUR 79.7bn, 2,882 public bodies, 6,996 supplier names when every partner on a joint bid is counted. Twenty per cent went on a single…
Where did that number come from? An open register of factual claims
An open index of factual claims and where they came from: 1,465 claims, 16 domains, content-addressed records, and a public plan. What it does, and what is not ready yet.
FloodWatch Ireland: a free watch on the State's flood data, built in public
A free service that watches 159 State flood datasets and 461 river gauges, then emails you when water is heading for your town. The watching works, the alert rail is still being tested.