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Helping organisations put data to work responsibly, ethically, and compliantly. #DataStrategy #DataQuality #DataProtection. Also @castlebridge on Mastodon mastodon.ie/@Castlebridge

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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New blog post from @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social castlebridge.ie/insights/dat... - a side quest from his doctoral research has Daragh digging into some classic texts from the domain of cybernetics that are compellingly relevant to the challenges of #DataGoverance and #AIGovernance today.
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Playing All the Right Notes: What Stafford Beer Can Teach Us About Data Governance
Understand the importance of a data governance control system in managing data trust and accountability in your business.
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Congratulations to @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social on winning a lifetime achievement award from the Information and Records Management Society. (He’s going to be insufferably smug around the office for a few days.)
A photo of a lifetime achievement award from IRMS for Daragh O Brien
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New #whitepaper by @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social out today, based on research for a keynote delivered last year for #IRMUK. Food for thought for the workforce of the future. castlebridge.ie/resources/fi...
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Five Questions for the Age of Artificial Cognition: Generative AI, the Learning Ladder, and the Workforce of the Future
Learn about the risks of Artificial Intelligence in the workplace and the importance of nurturing future leaders. Read our whitepaper now! 📈
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🤝 We’re excited to announce a new collaboration between Castlebridge and @irmsociety.bsky.social Together, we will support practitioners across data governance, records & content management through training, events, and joint initiatives. 🔗 Read more: castlebridge.ie/news/irms-co...
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
💡5 days to go until the Data Leaders’ Summit! Final preparations are underway as speakers polish their talks & get ready to welcome data leaders to Wexford for two days of insight & discussion on the changing tide of data leadership. ⌛Limited tickets remain: dataleadersummit.ie/event/data-l...
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Is your Data Governance programme where it needs to be? Join John Ladley for hard-won, practical advice for organizations tired of governance programs that promise much and deliver little. 19 March | Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford Limited tickets remain. dataleadersummit.ie/event/data-l...
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
⌛ 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱! Join Dr Anthony Mazzarella at our 3rd annual 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨’ 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩 (19 Mar, Wexford) for a half-day masterclass: 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Learn how to scale AI responsibly with practical, real-world guidance. 🎫www.dataleadersummit.ie/master-class-schedule-2026/
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Full-day masterclass at the Data Leaders’ Summit with @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social: Designing Resilient Human-Centric Governance of Data & AI -moving beyond compliance to governance that adapts under pressure. 📅 19 March | Wexford 🎫 dataleadersummit.ie/master-class-schedule-2026/
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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I've written a short blog post inspired by the podcast discussion that mixes #DataProtection and #DoctorWho, which will surely pique @tupped.bsky.social's interest. castlebridge.ie/insights/leg...
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Legislating for the Tiresome
I wasn’t going to do a #DataProtectionDay post. But the discussion we had on the podcast this week got me thinking again about why data protection matters and why how we conceptualise and operationali...
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It's #DataProtectionDay. A few days ago @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social got together with @tupped.bsky.social and Blessing Mutiro from the team to chat about #CollectiveHarms and questions of governance theory and traditions in #DataProtection practice. #GingerRights castlebridge.ie/podcasts/mak...
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Making Waves - Data Protection Day Episode
Direct Links to Podcast Episode: About this Episode In this thought-provoking episode of the Talk Data To Me podcast for World Data Protection Day, Daragh is joined by Dr Blessing Mutiro—fresh from su...
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#DataProtectionDay today. The #TalkDataToMe podcast has been taken off the shelf and dusted down for 2026. castlebridge.ie/podcasts/mak... (with special guest @tupped.bsky.social)
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Making Waves - Data Protection Day Episode
Direct Links to Podcast Episode: About this Episode In this thought-provoking episode of the Talk Data To Me podcast for World Data Protection Day, Daragh is joined by Dr Blessing Mutiro—fresh from su...
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
⏰ Early Bird tickets for the Data Leaders’ Summit close 31 Jan. Limited seats. Two days of candid discussion, hands-on masterclasses & practical AI insights - plus a complimentary night at the Ferrycarrig Hotel. Don’t miss it. Join us in Wexford this March. 🎫 dataleadersummit.ie/event/data-l...
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Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This reminds about the time that this very important service almost ceased to exist because the responsible petson in the Dept of Justice forgot - literally just forgot - to make the funding application to the EU one year
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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A fun evening out for the opening night of #Wexford #Panto. Hard to believe it’s over 5 years that @castlebridge.bsky.social has been sponsoring this fantastic production put on by a dedicated team of volunteers and local performing arts groups. www.wexfordpanto.com Worth every penny.
A photograph of the cast of Sleeping Beauty on stage with Wexford Panto
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Keynote speakers announced for the 2026 Data Leaders’ Summit! 💡Dr Angela McCourt | John Ladley | Sarah Clarke | Dr Tony Mazzarella Two days. Real-world insights from top industry leaders. 🎟️ Buy Super Early Bird tickets now – incl. 1 night at the Ferrycarrig Hotel dataleadersummit.ie/event/data-l...
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Congratulations to our colleague Blessing Mutiro who successfully defended his PhD thesis in #DataProtection law at @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social this morning. Well done Dr. Mutiro. Here's an article Blessing wrote which covers some of the thinking edpl.lexxion.eu/article/EDPL...
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Alt: a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Pleased to announce that we started 2026 by formally signing up to the Irish Government's Charter on #DigitalInclusion. It wasn't that hard to do and doesn't require us to do anything beyond our core mission to ensure that people are empowered to effectively use data and technology as tools.
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This was a nice thing to see over Christmas - people planning to travel to #Wexford from quite a way away to attend our #DataLeaderSummit in March. Some additional international industry 'names' will be there as well - details to be announced over the coming weeks.
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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This is an interesting read for many reasons (I’m a history nerd and a student of strategic management) www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b... Expect to see it featuring in a future blog post or podcast. Because there’s resonance with many things I’m working on.
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The Bizarre Story of 'Vasa,' the Ship That Keeps On Giving
'Vasa' sunk in front of horrified onlookers on this day in 1628, claiming 30 lives
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
@castlebridge-chief.bsky.social has a new Insight where he discusses how the Oireachtas Committee Interim Report on AI echoes themes from our #DataLeaderSummit and the National Data Governance Roadmap we contributed to. castlebridge.ie/insights/loo... Interesting times ahead in 2026.
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Ireland AI Governance: Preparing for the Future
Ireland has the AI governance blueprint. Join the Data Leaders Summit March 2026 to prepare Irish organisations for the National AI Office and EU Presidency
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Save Lady's Island Lake @saveladyislandlake.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
An interesting thread on the impact of lobbying and where power lies in Ireland. That picture, that's us. Our beautiful lake, polluted. Despite all of the concrete decades-long evidence to suggest the derogation should not be extended so we can begin to restore water quality, here we are.
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 11/12/2025
OpenAI warns new models pose 'high' cybersecurity risk www.reuters.com/business/ope...
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OpenAI warns new models pose 'high' cybersecurity risk
OpenAI on Wednesday warned that its upcoming artificial intelligence models could pose a "high" cybersecurity risk, as their capabilities advance rapidly.
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🫧 What if the AI “bubble” doesn’t pop… but just wobbles? 🫧 That wobble might be the most useful moment yet. Tech cycles always leave something valuable for those who pay attention. 💡Read Daragh's latest blog to explore what the wobble means - castlebridge.ie/insights/whe...
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Robin Wilton 🇱🇧 @komadori.eurosky.social · 10/08/2025
At some point, the Govt has to learn that the way to keep people safe from information they might encounter isn't to prevent them ever encountering it, but to teach them how to deal with it, or how to choose to avoid it for themselves. 4/n
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Our 2026 #DataLeaders Summit will take place in #Wexford on the 18th and 19th of March. Tickets will go on sale next month as we finalize some details in the background. See dataleadersummit.ie for details and to register interest so you can be kept up to date on the event.
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Home Page 2026 - Data Leaders' Summit
The Data Leaders' Summit Returns Now in it's third year, the Data Leaders' Summit is a unique event that brings data leaders and thought leaders together in
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Sean Kelly @storyslug.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Please watch "For All Mankind" on AppleTV so that it gets 10 seasons and a movie.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I think it was under-reported (ie, not reported) that we came within a hair’s breadth of implementing a complete EU surveillance state *and* undermining the security of all messaging encryption on the 12th Dec last year. Ireland was backing Hungary’s plan to do it. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-a-b...
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Nonetheless, when Viktor Obán's Hungary took the Presidency of the European Council for the back half of 2024, it announced that passing the ChatControl proposal and breaking encryption for eveyone in the EU was one of its main priorities.

We're all used to Hungary acting as an illiberal spoiler inside the EU, but in this case, it nearly got a majority of votes from the other member state governments to pass the plan. It was only when the Dutch spy agency actually came out and warned their own government that the plan would threaten the country's own cybersecurity. that they flipped from support to abstain and the Hungarian plan lost its majority.

Oh, and of course, we found out Ireland was one of the countries supporting Hungary's plan.
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Latest Insights post by @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social looks at #DataStrategy, #ClimateAction and the implications of a recent High Court decision for Irish public sector #DataLeaders castlebridge.ie/insights/the...
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The ‘Coolglass Effect’: Some Implications for Public Sector Data Strategy
Daragh discusses the data strategy implications for public bodies of a recent High Court Decision on climate action and windfarms
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Latest Insights post by @castlebridgechief.bsky.social looks at #DataStrategy, #ClimateAction and the implications of a recent High Court decision for Irish public sector #DataLeaders castlebridge.ie/insights/the...
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The ‘Coolglass Effect’: Some Implications for Public Sector Data Strategy
Daragh discusses the data strategy implications for public bodies of a recent High Court Decision on climate action and windfarms
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
If this occurs there is a significant risk to the DPF for cross border transfers.
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Our #DataLeaders Summit is coming back to #Wexford in March! Join us for a focussed discussion on four strategic data topics for leaders in organisations. Spaces are limited and early bird discounts expire soon! buff.ly/40HhQNR #DataStrategy #DataGovernance #DataLiteracy #DataLeader
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Data Leaders Summit - Wexford 2025 Data as Fulcrum for Change - Wexford 2025
Data Leaders's Summit, hosted by Castlebridge in Wexford, Ireland. Join us for an intense summit discussion tackling four strategic themes for people leading on data in their organisations.…
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This is a really good summary of an English case about what is, ultimately, a story about critical data, security, and appropriate care and attention to said critical data.
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Daragh @ Castlebridge @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
@irishtimes.bsky.social reports today that Irish Leaving Cert (terminal high school exams) have been cleared by the Dept of Education to use AI tools in exam research projects. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ... 1/n
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Leaving Cert students cleared to use AI in research projects
Leaving Cert candidates must reference any use of AI tools or risk forfeiting their marks
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
@castlebridgechief.bsky.social’s column on #TDAN is out today tdan.com/data-is-risk... #DataGovernance #DataManagement
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Data Is Risky Business: Structured, Unstructured (Who Cares?)
The Irish satirist Jonathan Swift wrote “Gulliver’s Travels” almost 300 years ago, but the story of Lemuel Gulliver’s journey to Lilliput and beyond has resonance for data leaders today. There are imp...
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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Oz goes towards EU not US AI governance path…
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/11/2024
this is a green flag for openai & meta to formally be arbitrators of our languages & mass exploit the population (& researcher that've poured their souls into low resource languages),all to throw unreliable AI that has so far proven to result in more harm than benefit www.reuters.com/technology/a...
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Orange enlists Meta and OpenAI to develop AI language models in Africa
Orange will enlist OpenAI and Meta to fine-tune AI large language models (LLMs) to translate regional African languages for the French telecoms operator, it said on Tuesday.
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Castlebridge @castlebridge.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
UK use of #AI decision bot highlights risk of “human in loop” if humans take outputs at face value. Also highlights the spectrum of things that fall under marketing label of “AI” ‘AI’ tool could influence Home Office immigration decisions, critics say www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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‘AI’ tool could influence Home Office immigration decisions, critics say
Campaigners call for end of ‘robo-caseworkers’ amid fears officials will bow to automated enforcement proposals
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Tobias Flattery @tobiasflattery.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Today in my #techethics class we discuss moral status, robot rights, and the Star Trek NG episode, “The Measure of a Man”. I think the episode still holds up pretty well! m.imdb.com/title/tt0708... #aiethics #philosophy
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"Star Trek: The Next Generation" The Measure of a Man (TV Episode 1989) ⭐ 9.1 | Action, Adventure, Drama
46m | TV-PG
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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @davdittrich.economicscience.net · 29/10/2024
compliance diverged: When principals intended agents to cheat to the fullest extent, the majority of human agents did not comply, despite incentives to do so. In contrast, GPT4 nearly fully complied." #aiEthics #ExperimentalEcon #EconSky orig … 2/3
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