CeADAR Launches Free Prompt Engineering Course for Irish Professionals
Ireland's national AI centre opens fully funded 'Prompt Engineering for You' course, requiring no technical background.
Free Prompt Engineering Skills for Irish Professionals
CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for applied AI, is launching a fully funded prompt engineering course called Prompt Engineering for You. Developed by CeADAR’s European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH), the course is funded by the European Commission and Enterprise Ireland, and aligns with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment’s AI – Good for Business initiative.
Course Structure and Accessibility
The course teaches hands-on skills via five modules and requires no technical or coding background. Participants who complete the course receive a certificate of completion from CeADAR’s EDIH for AI programme.
Ireland’s Digital Leadership Position
The initiative reflects Ireland’s strong digital foundation. According to the European Commission’s 2026 Digital Decade Country Report, Ireland ranked second in the EU for basic digital skills, with 83% of the population possessing at least basic digital skills—compared with an EU average of 60%. Ireland also ranked fifth in the EU for generative AI adoption, with an adoption rate of 45%, significantly above the EU average of 33%.
Source: Silicon Republic
Developments since publication
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CeADAR, Ireland's national centre for applied AI, is launching a new fully funded prompt engineering course called 'Prompt Engineering for You'. Source
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The EC press release announcing AI Act enforcement was published on 31 July 2026, one day before enforcement began on 2 August 2026. Source
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The 'Prompt Engineering for You' course is structured across five modules. Source
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OpenAI is deprecating reusable prompt objects in its API. Source
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OpenAI began de-emphasising prompt creation in the API on June 3, 2026. Source
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OpenAI's v1/prompts API endpoint is scheduled to shut down on November 30, 2026. Source
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OpenAI instructs developers replacing deprecated prompt objects to pass generated messages directly to the Responses API via 'input' and 'instructions' fields. Source
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OpenAI recommends that developers store production prompts in code-managed, versioned helpers (e.g. prompts/supportReply.ts) rather than reusable API prompt objects. Source
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OpenAI recommends using git history, PR review, release tags, and feature flags to review, ship, compare, and roll back prompt changes. Source