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Bank of Ireland advances workforce management with new hybrid hub
Bank of Ireland has expanded its hybrid-working network with a new Sligo hub, enhancing flexibility for employees across Ireland. The bank’s regional hub strategy supports collaboration, productivity, and recruitment in a shifting human resources landscape.
Praxis Care launches strategy to 2030 to empower staff and scale services
Praxis Care, a leading Northern Ireland social care employer, has launched its strategy to 2030. The plan focuses on workforce empowerment, raising care standards, and operational efficiency to meet increasing demand for disability and mental health support.
HRLocker and Paycheck Plus integrate HR and payroll for SMEs
HRLocker, Ireland’s leading HRIS platform, is partnering with Paycheck Plus by IRIS to integrate HR and payroll solutions for SMEs across Ireland and the UK. The collaboration targets efficiency, compliance, and workforce management improvements.
Workforce Innovation
The HR sector continues to transform through technology adoption, strategic workforce initiatives, and recognition of outstanding leadership. Organisations are leveraging innovation and expertise to enhance productivity, engagement, and employee experience in an increasingly digital workplace. Investment in advanced capabilities is reshaping HR operations. Proofpoint expands Cork operations with new AI centre highlights how AI and privacy-led cyber innovation can strengthen workforce management, security, and organisational resilience. Digital collaboration is redefining roles and processes. AI reshapes the workplace demonstrates how HR and technology teams are working together to integrate digital co-workers, enhance efficiency, and maintain human-centric practices within complex systems. In the recently concluded 2025 Awards, Louise O’Riordan of BaxterStorey Ireland was recognised as HR Manager of the Year, highlighting her outstanding impact on people, culture, and strategic HR leadership—setting the benchmark for the HR Leadership & Management Awards in 2026. These developments reflect an HR landscape where technology, strategy, and leadership converge to drive innovation, efficiency, and sustainable workforce success. Explore the full stories and stay informed on the trends shaping modern HR in this newsletter.
BaxterStorey Ireland’s Louise O’Riordan Wins HR Manager of the Year at the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2025
After Louise O’Riordan’s 2025 win as HR Manager of the Year in the recently concluded HR Leadership & Management Awards, her achievement sets the benchmark as attention now turns to the leaders who will emerge in 2026.
Auditocity raises $2M to modernise HR compliance with AI-driven platform
Auditocity, a woman- and minority-owned HR tech company, raises $2M seed funding to expand AI-powered compliance audits, nationwide reach, real-time insights, risk detection, enterprise editions, partnerships, and HR transparency.
AI reshapes the workplace as HR and tech teams collaborate to manage digital co-workers
Corporate tech and HR departments are increasingly collaborating to manage AI’s workforce impact. Companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Indeed, Netskope, and Moody’s are reshaping organisational structures to enhance productivity while mitigating job losses and burnout.
Second jobs on the rise as employers urged to prioritise transparency and wellbeing
INTOO UK & Ireland warns that the rise of “polygamous working,” where employees secretly juggle multiple jobs, increases burnout, legal risks, and performance issues. The firm urges transparency, supportive policies, and flexible cultures to safeguard wellbeing and productivity.
AI jobs double in Ireland as country emerges as global talent hub
A Government advisory report reveals AI jobs in Ireland have doubled since 2023, with strong global performance in AI talent supply and demand. The EGFSN highlights opportunities for productivity growth while emphasising the need for reskilling, upskilling, and ongoing monitoring of AI’s workforce impact.
Proofpoint expands Cork operations with new AI centre driving privacy-led cyber innovation
Cybersecurity vendor Proofpoint expands its Cork hub with a new AI Innovation Centre, adding 45 specialist roles, including AI and LLM experts with plans to grow to 100. The centre enhances threat detection while ensuring data privacy.
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