Ireland Participates in Landmark European Quantum Academy Initiative Ireland is among the countries developing the newly funded European Quantum Academy (EQA), a major pan-European initiative designed to strengthen Europe’s quantum skills, education and workforce ecosystem. Bringing together more than 70 …
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Building a Quantum
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Ireland strengthens the resilience of its critical infrastructure by leveraging quantum technologies.
IrelandQCI, the ‘Building a National Quantum Communication Infrastructure for Ireland’ project incorporates integrating innovative and secure quantum devices and systems into conventional communication infrastructures. This will be done by enhancing the ESB Telecoms’ optical fibre network with an additional layer of security, all based on quantum physics, in particular quantum key distribution (QKD).
Technology specialists in six universities are pooling their expertise and resources to add an extra security layer to Ireland’s communications infrastructure and the data it transmits.
IrelandQCI is one of several projects across the EU which sees the European Commission working with 27 Member States, as well as the European Space Agency, towards the deployment of a secure quantum communication infrastructure spanning the EU.
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March 26, 2026
Ireland’s quantum leap – Walton Institute at SETU and Q*Bird deploy Ireland’s first QKD network with expandable architecture!
Ireland’s quantum leap – Walton Institute at SETU and Q*Bird deploy Ireland’s first QKD network with expandable architecture! Waterford’s Walton Institute at South East Technological University (SETU) and IrelandQCI project consortium partners have worked with Q*Bird, the Dutch leader in …
February 17, 2026
IrelandQCI demonstrates quantum-secure communications in first Government Use Case with Local Authority Dublin City Council.
IrelandQCI demonstrates quantum-secure communications in first Government Use Case with Local Authority Dublin City Council. Partners in the IrelandQCI project successfully demonstrated quantum-secure communication at Dublin City Council headquarters today, as part of the project’s first engagement with a local …
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s DIGITAL Europe Programme under grant agreement No. 101091520
DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01 –EU secure Quantum Communication Infrastructure DEPLOY-NATIONAL –Deploying advanced national QCI systems and networks Project ID 101091520.