Norman Newell, Chief Commercial Officer at Renaissance, and Alicia Shepherd, Regional Community Manager for the UK and Ireland at GTIA, join host Michael Conway, MD at Renaissance for a mid-year review of the Irish IT channel in 2026.

What's changed for MSPs and ITSPs on the island of Ireland?

In this episode we cover NIS2 and DORA compliance driving real purchasing decisions across the channel, why AI investment in 2025 distracted managed service providers from core priorities without delivering provable results, the pace of mergers and acquisitions among Irish MSPs and what buyers and sellers are learning, how end clients are pushing MSPs from operational support to board-level business advisory, technical resource scarcity and the demand for turnkey solutions, cyber insurance requirements pushing security standards back up through the supply chain, and the upcoming GTIA chapter launch in Ireland.

Whether you run a 10-person partner business or lead a vendor channel team, this conversation covers the ground that matters heading into the second half of the year.

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