This article will be a bit different, and short. Beyond this blog, I work as a Senior Researcher in a technology centre in Ireland, and part of our mandate is to bring new technologies into the Irish manufacturing space.

While I like to, albeit currently very sporadically between work and evening classes, write about papers that interest me in the area of lasers and more recently femtosecond laser CNC machining, I would like to use the blog now to share that I was successfully awarded a grant to onboard a laser CNC machine into the technology centre in which I am employed in 2025.

The current scope of this machine is a 5 axis dual source nanosecond femtosecond laser CNC machine. We are currently tendering for this machine and expect onboarding as soon as possible once the tender closes.

As well as being a personal milestone, this is an important step in enhancing the capabilities of Irish manufacturing, and it will be an exciting few years ahead in this space!

You can read more about the other onboarded technologies into the Irish RTOs here:
https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/news-and-events/department-news/2025/december/202512222.html