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Ireland

#18 globally

Europe

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#9 in Europe

↑Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

67/100
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

64/100
Growing Adoption

Ireland's adoption score (64) is 3 points below its readiness score (67) — significant untapped capacity not yet being deployed.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure15/20
Talent13/20
Governance14/20
Investment13/20
Economic Readiness12/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Growing Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
12/20
Enterprise AdoptionStrongest
14/20
Talent DemandWeakest
12/20
Consumer Usage
13/20
R&D Pipeline
13/20

Dublin's role as European HQ for Google, Microsoft, and Meta drives significant enterprise AI deployment and talent concentration.

Trajectory Outlook

69
/100

by 2028

67 now→+2 pts
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Top Accelerator

European headquarters hub for all major US AI companies driving massive FDI-led infrastructure and talent investment

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Top Risk

Electricity grid capacity constraints threatening data centre expansion and AI infrastructure growth

Pillar Detail

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AI Analysis

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◎Acceleration Phase

Ireland is in the Acceleration Phase

Deploying AI at scale across key sectors. Projected score by 2028: 69/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 67

2

2025–26

AI deployed across 3+ key sectors

3

2026–27

Sovereign AI compute capacity online

4

2028

International AI partnerships active

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

⬠Economic Readiness
12/20
Near

Leverage high productivity base to fund AI adoption subsidies for SMEs

Mid

Position as regional AI services hub; target $1B+ in AI-related services exports

◈AI Talent
13/20
Near

Expand elite research cohorts; partner with top-10 global universities

Mid

Develop specialised AI talent in healthcare, agriculture, and climate sectors

◇Investment & R&D
13/20
Near

Anchor a global AI investment hub with special economic zone incentives

Mid

Co-invest with pension funds in frontier AI labs and semiconductor supply chain

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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