Please see below some recent developments which might be of interest to you:

HSE Open Data portal

Under Ireland’s Open Data Initiative and as set out in Ireland’s Open Data Strategy 2017-2022 launched on July 14th 2017 following Government approval, public bodies are to identify and publish appropriate datasets on the web as Open Data which can be linked to the national Open Data Portal at data.gov.ie.

Linked Data Publishing for data.gov.ie: Seminars, Methods and Tools

Christophe Debruyne

ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin

christophe.debruyne@adaptcentre.ie

Declan O’Sullivan

ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin

declan.osullivan@adaptcentre.ie

Overview

Often standard of living is emphasised over quality of life, in part due to the fact that it is easier to measure, whereas quality of life gives the better measure of the success of society. With the resolution of the quality of life measures based at a community level, a better understanding of what initiatives and environment are working to improve people's lives can be understood.

Overview

The aim of our project was to make it easier to explore agricultural open data and thereby increase public engagement with the data themselves and with the open data project generally.

We downloaded the most relevant of the more than 100 databases stored under the Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Food section. Although in the data.gov.ie site many of the databases are only stored as .json or .px files, we found most of them are available as downloadable csv which are easier to study.

On Saturday March 25th 2017, Open Knowledge Ireland held the first Open Data Citizen Workshop on Hospital Waiting Lists in Ireland. The workshop was well attended with citizens of different professional backgrounds and a shared interest in exploring and understanding the existing data on Hospital Waiting Lists as well as looking at the actual patient journey to see where opportunities for Open Data present themselves.

As Chair of the Open Data Governance Board, I am delighted to welcome the publication of the Open Data Strategy 2017-2022 which was developed by the Board in conjunction with the Open Data Unit in the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders including public bodies, business, research/academia, library and information professionals and civil society.

Under Ireland's Open Data Initiative and as set out in Ireland's Open Data Strategy 2017-2022 (in consultation until 4th July 2017), Public Bodies are to identify and publish appropriate datasets on the web as Open Data.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D, today (Tuesday 20th June) launched a public consultation on the draft national Open Data Strategy 2017-2022.