When Monzo flicked the switch on its Irish current accounts on 14 April, the headlines wrote themselves. A hundred thousand people on a waitlist before the doors even opened. A €71 million capital injection into the Dublin operation. A first-mover digital banking licence from the Central Bank of Ireland. A campaign voiced by Siobhán McSweeney that gently mocks the thirty-year wait for banking that works. And, depending on who you read, either the long-overdue arrival of competition or yet another challenger pitching up to a market already crowded by Revolut, N26 and the three pillar banks.
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Our podcast explores how technology can be designed with empathy and purpose to meet real human needs across healthcare, public services, finance, and transport.
When Monzo flicked the switch on its Irish current accounts on 14 April, the headlines wrote themselves. A hundred thousand people on a waitlist before the doors even opened. A €71 million capital injection into the Dublin operation. A first-mover digital banking licence from the Central Bank of Ireland. A campaign voiced by Siobhán McSweeney that gently mocks the thirty-year wait for banking that works. And, depending on who you read, either the long-overdue arrival of competition or yet another challenger pitching up to a market already crowded by Revolut, N26 and the three pillar banks.
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Public sector websites and applications are critical service delivery infrastructure, not brochures. Whether it's a citizen checking their rights and entitlements, a commuter planning a journey, or a business looking up licensing requirements, the expectation is the same: the site works, every time, immediately. That expectation has made high-availability Drupal one of the more important - and underappreciated - conversations in public sector digital right now.
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Cory Doctorow gave us "enshittification" — the slow, deliberate degradation of software for profit. This post is about the opposite. How AI is shifting incentives, restoring makers to their highest purpose, and giving us a genuine shot at building software that actually serves the people using it.
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Agentic AI arrived at HIMSS 2026 in force, but the validation frameworks haven't kept pace. Marino's Cara Ludlow on how speed of deployment can be matched by the rigour of validation through critical architectural choices.
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A new paper from OpenAI and Georgia Tech proves what regulated industries need to hear: hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not an engineering failure waiting to be fixed. Here's what that means for how you build.
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Marino Software has joined the DTIF-funded CellConnect consortium, to deliver the critical digital infrastructure for a first-of-its-kind Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product (ATMP) supply chain in Ireland.
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Keith Davey dives into the critical distinction between probabilistic AI and deterministic systems. We explore why building responsibly with AI is not just good practice - it's a legal imperative.
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Marino Product Lead Aoife Kenny on applying a UX lens to Ireland's new strategy for disabled people.
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Marino CEO Keith Davey on Marino’s regulation-compliant approach to the use of AI in the design & development cycle.
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A new wave of digitalisation is emerging: human-centered, AI-powered, and regulation-driven. It aims to fix the harm of past systems by prioritising user needs, clarity, and accessibility. Together, design, AI, and regulation can create digital experiences that truly serve people.
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Michael, our Head of Software Development, explores what's needed to deliver outstanding mobile experiences in 2025.
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We’ve achieved ISO 27001, the leading international standard for information security. What does it mean for our work?
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