It's the first time the annual delegate conference is taking place outside Dublin.
The Annual Delegate Conference for the Associations of Higher Civil and Public Servants gets under way in Laois this morning.
It's the first time the conference will be held outside Dublin, as they focus on the role of Artificial Intelligence in Irelands civil and public service.
Nearly 200 delegates will gather at the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise, where a number of other key issues are up for discussion.
General Secretary of the AHCPS Ciaran Rohan says while they welcome the governments guidelines on AI, there are concerns too:
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