Ireland
GoSmarter in Ireland
Nightingale HQ works closely with manufacturers and business networks across the island of Ireland, north and south. That’s Wales-Ireland trade missions, Enterprise Ireland Digitalisation Vouchers, and a standing seat at the conferences where Irish manufacturing actually talks shop.
Irish and Northern Irish manufacturers face the same pressures as everyone else in the sector:
- Mill certificates and compliance paperwork that eat the shift
- Legacy systems that don’t talk to each other
- A tight labour market with no spare hands for admin
We’ve partnered with Irish manufacturers such as Midland Steel and Shabra Plastics on digital transformation, spoken at the Conference on Digitalisation of Manufacturing in Limerick and the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference in Dublin, and worked with the Irish Centre for Business Excellence Network (ICBE) and the Irish Digital Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Cluster (IDEAM).
Posts here cover that work: partnerships, conference highlights, funding programmes, and press coverage of GoSmarter’s growth across Irish and Northern Irish markets.
Driving Wales–Ireland Trade
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Jul 8, 2026
- Updated
Nightingale HQ’s Ruth Kearney met John O’Loughlin and Iain Quick of Welsh Government in Ireland to discuss Wales-Ireland trade, and the government support that has backed Nightingale HQ’s growth.
Northern Ireland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference highlights
- Ruth Kearney
- Blog , Archive
- Sep 15, 2024
- Updated
It was great to contribute to the Northern Ireland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition Titanic Exhibition Centre last week. I was there to talk about our approach to greener software, to promote Strada and to network with the wider manufacturing community.
NHQ to speak at Northern Ireland Manufacturing Conference
Our CEO Ruth Kearney will give several talks at this year’s Northern Ireland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition happening in Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast on 12 September.
It's competition time with EIT BoostUp - Irish Edition
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Jun 19, 2023
- Updated
This week the NHQ team head to the IMR to attend EIT Manufacturing BoostUp competition.
Manufacturing excellence with Astellas Ireland
- Ruth Kearney
- Archive , Blog
- Mar 14, 2023
- Updated
Learning from manufacturing best practice with Astellas Ireland.
Nightingale HQ to speak at leading Irish manufacturing conference
- Samantha Dart MSc
- News
- Jun 8, 2022
- Updated
This year the Nightingale HQ team will be attending the Conference on Digitalisation of Manufacturing lead by IDEAM Cluster and taking place in the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) in Limerick, Ireland. The event takes place on 15 – 16 June and will bring together a host of local and international manufacturers, and technology providers from across Ireland and the UK.
Advancing Digital Transformation of SMEs in the Midlands
- Samantha Dart MSc
- Archive , Learning , News
- Apr 13, 2022
- Updated
Partnering on EI Digitalisation Vouchers with Irish manufacturers Midland Steel and Shabra Plastics.
Ruth Kearney joins Irish Digital Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Cluster (IDEAM)
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Jan 14, 2022
- Updated
New Year and new opportunities. I am delighted to be joining the Steering board of the Irish Digital Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing IDEAM Cluster and will be working with Jamie Meehan, PhD and Katrin Weittenhiller to grow the community and bring more opportunities to Irish manufacturers.
Irish Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference
- Will Harris
- News
- Nov 15, 2021
- Updated
We’re attending the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference in Dublin, Ireland on the 23rd and 24th of November where our CEO will be giving two talks on how AI drives sustainable manufacturing and the power of no-code tools.
The Irish Times
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Sep 17, 2020
- Updated
“Our aim is to help companies overcome the core blockers to successful AI adoption, and rather than doing this individually which would take forever, Steph developed a platform that any company can access to get up to speed,” says Kearney.
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