AI Consulting · Power Platform · Training
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.)
Show me how →What We Actually Change
Same data. Completely different future.
Built with Microsoft Power Platform, no new software licences. This is an illustration of the shape of the work; see the real engagements on our Work page →
Where we've helped
Five sectors. One pattern: less faffing, more done.
A regulated finance firm, a fit-out company drowning in sticky notes, legal teams, the health service, and a room full of people learning AI properly. Same job every time, find the grind, build the fix.
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.
Learn more →Power Platform Development
Replace the Excel chaos with apps and dashboards that work the way your team does.
Learn more →SharePoint Automation
Clean up the mess, automate approvals, make collaboration less painful.
Learn more →Training & Workshops
Practical AI sessions. The same approach used at UCD. Tools your team will open on Monday morning.
Learn more →How It Works
Four steps. No jargon.
From “there has to be a smarter way” to sorted, here is the route every project takes.
- A free chat30 minutes, no sales script. You describe the daily grind; we tell you honestly whether we can help, and say so if we can't.
- Map the messWe sit with the people actually doing the work, find where the hours go, and pick the fix with the fastest payback.
- Build it with youWorking software in weeks, not a slide deck. Built on the Microsoft 365 tools you already pay for, shaped around how your team works.
- Hand it over properlyTraining and plain-English documentation so your team owns it. No dependency, no retainer trap.
Our framework
Four Bridges to AI adoption.
Every engagement crosses the same four spans, in order. Skip one and the whole thing wobbles, so we build them one at a time.
- Design & explainabilitymake it legible
- Leadership & trustbring people with you
- Operations & implementationship it into the day job
- Strategy & infrastructurebuild for what's next
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.
- MSc Astrophysics (Distinction) · Cardiff
- UCD Professional Academy Lecturer
- Microsoft Copilot Certified
- HSE · Tusla · Senior Analyst
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