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Building a Quantum
Communication Infrastructure
for Ireland

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.

Use cases to enchance
Digital Public Services security


Use cases for
Industrial Partners

Experimental Educational and Research use cases

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April 30, 2025

IrelandQCI at QCIDays2025, Athens, Greece

IrelandQCI at QCIDays2025, Athens, Greece The annual ‘QCI Days’ event is a coming together of the EuroQCI community to discuss the newest trends in quantum-secure communication. This year’s collaborative event was a great success, held 28th – 30th April 2025, …

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April 17, 2025

TechCentral Webinar: The post quantum computing challenge

TechCentral Webinar: The post quantum computing challenge So what happens when quantum manages to crack the ‘uncrackable’? IrelandQCI Project Lead Dr Deirdre Kilbane, Director of Research at Walton Institute at South East Technological University, took part in a fascinating webinar …

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April 14, 2025

Celebrating World Quantum Day at the launch of Quantum Ireland!

Celebrating World Quantum Day at the launch of Quantum Ireland! Representatives of the IrelandQCI consortium of partners were delighted to attend the exciting launch of Quantum Ireland, held at the innovative Trinity Business School at Trinity College Dublin, held fittingly …

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Partners:

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.