The Dargan Forum 2026 is almost here — and this is your last chance to register. In just over a week, on Thursday 25 June, our Main

Event takes place in the Carlisle Room of the Royal Marine Hotel on Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire. With places filling fast, now is the

moment to claim your free seat.

I created my first AI-inspired project back in 1986 in Trinity. Is AI now reaching the point where it changes our society?

Answer - 3 months in the work of the Dargan Institute, Dun Laoghaire! From the technical masterclasses of UK AI Week in October to the policy corridors of the Dáil in November, and from the grassroots regeneration of Ballinrobe to the high-level strategy sessions of the European Digital SME Alliance in Brussels in December, a unified theme is clear from our mission at the Dargan Institute, a theme of empowerment, of “Doing What you Can With What You’ve Got!”.