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MakingAIUseful(andmildlytolerable)

DataBridges helps Irish businesses connect people, data and process — turning “there has to be a smarter way to do this” into something that actually works.

Based in Kilcock, Co. Kildare · Working with teams across Ireland

The Problem

Sound familiar?

Final_V12_UseThisOne(2).xlsx

The spreadsheet that runs everything — until someone sorts the wrong column and suddenly Dave's salary is attached to the wrong department. Instant chaos.

Copy. Paste. Repeat.

Time returns, attendance records, contact lists — manually copied between sheets every week because that's just how it's always been done. There's another way.

40MB and climbing.

That tidy little project tracker is now a monster that freezes when you hit filter. It was never a database. It was never meant to be.

There's a smarter way. It doesn't require a master's degree.

(Oisín has one anyway. But that's beside the point.)

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What We Actually Change

Same data. Completely different future.

 
A
B
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D
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1
Name
Dept
Hours
#REF!
FINAL FINAL (use this one)
2
Murphy
Finance
37.5
=SUM(B2:B47) ← DO NOT DELETE
 
 
 
3
O'Brien
HR
40
€32,100
 
40,823 KB
 
4
Kelly
???
35
€28,400
 
 
 
Ready⚠ Circular reference warning
€142k
saved
14hrs/week
automated
0
data errors

Monthly Output

JanAug
NameDepartmentHoursStatus
MurphyFinance37.5Active
O'BrienHR40Active
KellyOperations35Active

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What We Do

Four ways we help.

Real problems, solved simply. No hype, no decks, no nonsense.

AI Consulting & Integration

Make Copilot, ChatGPT and your AI tools actually earn their keep.

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Power Platform Development

Replace the Excel chaos with apps and dashboards that work the way your team does.

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SharePoint Automation

Clean up the mess, automate approvals, make collaboration less painful.

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Training & Workshops

Practical AI sessions. The same approach used at UCD. Tools your team will open on Monday morning.

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Not a consultant who learned some buzzwords.

Oisín has worked inside the HSE and Tusla before consulting for organisations like them. He has an MSc in data science and teaches AI at UCD. He has been doing this since 2021. The difference shows.

5+
Years consulting
4
Years in Irish public sector
UCD
Professional Academy
Aug '26
EU AI Act deadline
MSc Astrophysics (Distinction) · CardiffUCD Professional Academy LecturerMicrosoft Copilot CertifiedHSE · Tusla

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Oisín Bridges, founder of DataBridges, wearing a tweed jacket and paisley tie

About Oisín

An astrophysicist who got tired of bad spreadsheets.

Oisín trained as a data scientist at Cardiff University, spent four years analysing data inside the HSE and Tusla, and started DataBridges in 2021 because digital transformation projects kept making work harder, not easier. He now also teaches AI at UCD Professional Academy.

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Straight talk about AI

No hype. No vendor decks. Just honest takes.

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Oisín Bridges

DataBridges

Irish businesses love spreadsheets. But here are the top 5 ways they go wrong. 1. One wrong sort and the whole thing collapses. You think you're sorting by date, suddenly everyone's salary...

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Oisín Bridges

DataBridges

The AI Deadline is Closer Than You Think. If your business uses AI for recruitment, credit scoring, or educational placement, the August 2026 Annex III deadline is real and it is approaching...

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30 minutes. No sales script. Just an honest chat about whether we can help.

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