Many of us, and indeed many Irish and European organisations rely on American cloud services such as Microsoft, Google, and Apple for email, calendars, and document storage. Many of us, and indeed many Irish and European organisations rely on American cloud services such as Microsoft, Google, and Apple for email, calendars, and document storage. The answerSo, what can people do to regain their digital sovereignty? Some European governments and institutions are already taking steps to control their own Digital Sovereignty. Austria's armed forces are also migrating from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, with careful planning and staff training to ease the migration.

Source: Irish Examiner January 29, 2026 00:38 UTC