Enterprise Centre Push: Donegal County Council is submitting a funding bid to turn the former Buncrana Garda Barracks into a new Enterprise Centre—office space aimed at boosting SMEs and start-ups, with applications due by July 28. Student Innovation: A Mungret Transition Year student won Student Enterprise national finals for a glowing, UV-powered luminous sliotar, while other Limerick teams took innovation awards. AI Market Shift: Ramp’s AI Index shows Anthropic overtaking OpenAI for the first time in paid enterprise AI usage (34.4% vs 32.3%), driven by demand for Claude coding tools. Big Infrastructure Spend: National Grid pledged at least £70bn over five years to modernise UK and US Northeast power and gas networks. Health Funding Gap: Ireland’s organ transplant numbers hit a five-year low, prompting calls for more investment as waiting lists remain high. Clean Energy Finance Risk: Australia’s renewables investors warn proposed capital gains tax changes could deter foreign clean-energy spending. Startup Capital: Melazyme raised $2M seed funding to scale precision-fermented melanin and specialty proteins. Small Business Tech in Action: Google spotlighted a Milwaukee auto recycler using AI to boost call capture and revenue without adding headcount.