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Get Creative! Open Data Engagement Fund 2019/2020 has been launched

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Marian Beakey on July 25, 2019 Featured

Patrick O’Donovan T.D., Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform announced details of the 2019/2020 Open Data Engagement Fund on 25 July, 2019. The Open Data ...

Open Data Ireland training courses 2019

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Krystyna Pycinska-Taylor on September 5, 2018 Featured

Urban Tide are delighted to announce the dates for Open Data Training Courses for 2019, located in Dublin, Athlone and Cavan. Book your place now at https://irelandopendata.eventbrite.co.uk The course details are as follows: General Overview ...

Creating Open Data on Plastic Pollution

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Marian Beakey on August 8, 2019

Check out OpenLitterMap, a web app that aims to build the world’s most extensive database of litter. This initiative, which uses open data mapping, was developed by Séan Lynch to help deal with the global litter crisis in a novel way. OpenLitter Map ...

Open Data training and Awareness Event

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paulfitzpatrick on July 24, 2019

Open Data training and awareness event delivered to librarians and information professionals from across the national public sector With assistance from the Open Data engagement fund, WIT Libraries were delighted to run a national training event in ...

Announcing Tough Soles Maps - Open Data Engagement Fund project

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Marian Beakey on July 23, 2019

blog by Carl Lange The Project Tough Soles is a project by Ellie Berry and Carl Lange to hike all of the National Waymarked Trails in Ireland, a distance of approximately 4000km. They began in early 2017 and have been walking, camping, and making ...

Curio Environmental Management - Open Data Engagement Fund project

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paulfitzpatrick on July 9, 2019

Blog post by Paul Hickey on Curio - a more engaging approach to environmental management Curio (www.curio.xyz) is a software platform that focuses on bringing together public communities and professional environmental operators (managers, planners ...

Text of the recast of the Re Use of Public Service Information (PSI) Directive

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Marian Beakey on June 26, 2019

The text of the recast to of the Open Data and Re Use of Public Service Information (PSI) Directive was formally adopted by the European Council in early June and has now been published in the Official Journal at this ...

Survey questionnaire - Economic Impact of Open Data 2020

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paulfitzpatrick on June 12, 2019

The European Data portal on behalf of the EU Commission are carrying out research on the economic impact of open data and are looking for volunteers to complete a short questionnaire. If you are a business that uses open data, please take 5 minutes ...

Great turnout at the Cork IT Open Data Hackathon

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paulfitzpatrick on June 11, 2019

Blog by Ruairí O’Reilly, Lecturer, Department Of Computer Science, Cork Institute of Technology. CIT's Open Data Hackathon took place on Saturday 18 May in the Melbourne building in CIT. It was a great day that saw innovative ideas from shortening HSE ...

Dublin’s First 3D City Data Hackathon

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paulfitzpatrick on June 6, 2019

‘Place Engage’, a town hall brought to life through virtual reality, was announced as the winning team of Dublin’s First 3D City Data Hackathon which took place on the 10-12 May at 1 Windmill Lane, The Docklands. The winning concept was based on an ...

Open Data Engagement Fund project on visualising road accidents - Blog Post by Cyril Connolly

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Marian Beakey on May 28, 2019

My decision to submit a proposal to the Open Data Engagement Fund of visualising road traffic accidents in Dublin City came about because of my previous experience working in road accident research while employed in the National Roads Authority ...

Call for applications for Public Service Innovation Fund now open

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Marian Beakey on May 27, 2019

Public servants are invited to make applications to a pilot competitive Fund which aims to support innovative ideas and projects from across public service organisations. The Fund aims to support innovative ideas from across Public Service ...

Registration now open for Open Data Hackathon in Cork IT

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Marian Beakey on April 29, 2019

In conjunction with the Open Data Engagement Fund, Cork Institute of Technology is hosting an Open Data Hackathon on Saturday 18 May. The Hackathon will bring together developers, product designers and enthusiasts who have an interest in combining ...

Open Data Newsletter

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Marian Beakey on April 25, 2019

We are delighted to launch our Open Data Newsletter which we hope to issue on a regular basis so as to keep you up to date on upcoming events, latest news etc. To view the the Newsletter and to subcribe to receive future issues, plese see here. ...

Unleash the Power of 3D Data for Dublin.

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Marian Beakey on April 9, 2019

Dublin’s first 3D city data hack takes place from the 10-12 May at 1 Windmill Lane, The Docklands. This Hackathon aims to engage anyone with an interest in 3D data and the built environment, from those working with BIM (Building Information ...

Open Data Impact Series 3 ' How Open Data can help the Environment'

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Marian Beakey on April 4, 2019

The Open Data Impact Series, organised by Derilinx, in collaboration with the Open Data Unit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform promotes awareness, adoption and use of Open Data in different sectors, and supports the publication of ...

Valuation Office Open Data API now available on data.gov.ie

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Marian Beakey on March 21, 2019

The Valuation Office is pleased to announce the release of an Open Data API https://data.gov.ie/dataset/valuation-office-api The REST Web Services API provides a REST interface to retrieve Valuation Office data in real time in relation to ...

launch of 'The School Information Map'

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Marian Beakey on March 4, 2019

OSi have launched a free GeoHive story map developed as a joint venture between the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) and the Department of Education & Skills (DES). The School Information Map provides the locations of schools, contact ...

Launch of data.gov.ie 'Developers Corner'

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Marian Beakey on March 4, 2019

Even for a seasoned developer, learning a new system from documentation alone can be an unappetising proposition. With the launch of a series of Jupyter Notebooks in the Developer’s Corner of data.gov.ie, developers can now refactor and run their own ...

Participate in the EU Datathon 2019 - Be in with a chance to win €15,000!

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Marian Beakey on February 5, 2019

Can you re-use open data to promote innovative services? Can you solve other societal challenges using it? Can you create mobile or web apps using open data from different information sources? If yes, the EU Datathon 2019 is for you! The EU Datathon ...

'Love Data' week is happening from 11-15 February in Maynooth University

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Marian Beakey on February 5, 2019

Maynooth University Library is marking 'Love Data' week for the second time this February with a series of talks and workshops by data specialists from on and off campus. A Building City Dashboards VR demo will take place on the 13th and there will ...