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2020 EU Open Data Maturity Report published

17 December 2020

The Open Data Unit is delighted to see that Ireland continues to be ranked amongst Open Data 'trend-setters' in the 6th EU Open Data Maturity Report published on 16 December. This report assesses the level of open data maturity across Europe...

Do you wish to become a member of the Open Data Governance Board (ODGB)

10 December 2020

There are currently 2 vacancies on the Open Data Governance Board and expressions of interest are being sought to fill these vacancies by Tuesday, 22nd December 2020 at 15.00. Further details are available here. The Open Data Governance Board was...

Winter 2020 Open Data Newsletter

16 November 2020

The Winter 2020 edition of our Open Data Newsletter is now available. You can sign up to receive future open data updates here.

Annual Open Data Conference 2020

13 November 2020

Ireland's third annual Open Data Conference took place on 2nd December 2020 via Webex. This year's conference focused on the theme of "The journey from Open Data Publication to Impact - How the publication, reporting and re-use of data enables the...

Engagement Fund Winners 2020/2021

12 November 2020

The applications received under the 2020/2021 Open Data Engagement Fund call for funding proposals were assessed by a sub committee of the Open Data Governance Board. Congratulations to the winning applicants, which are listed below. We look...

Hale and Hearty Project

12 November 2020

The Hale and Hearty Knowledge Base, a project lead by the Irish Government, supported by the EU Connecting European Facility (CEF) This is an EU funded project that looks at improving access to health and wellbeing information. This project will be...

The new Open Data Directive? What will it mean for public bodies?

10 November 2020

Did you know that a new Open Data and Re Use of Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive was agreed at EU level in 2019? The full text of the the Directive is available here. The objective of the recast of the Directive is to strengthen the EU’s...

Webinar Series - Future of Open Data Portals

12 October 2020

If you are interested in learning more about the future of open data portals you might want to register for one of these upcoming webinars run by the European Data Portal. This series of webinars will discuss current best practices, experience and...

Webinar ‘Smart Districts: Fast-tracking Innovation’.

12 October 2020

As part of Public Sector Innovation Week 2020, Smart Dublin are holding a webinar ‘Smart Districts: Fast-tracking Innovation’. If you are interested in learning more about the Smart Dublin ‘District Approach’ and how technology projects are helping...

Data Publication & Technical Framework course – Places available (30th Sept-1st Oct)

24 September 2020

There are still a few places available on next week’s Data Publication & Technical Framework course (30th Sept-1st Oct) This course gives you the tools and techniques to prepare your data for publication as Open Data. These places will fill up...

Maternity Evaluation Dashboard for Hospital and At-Home Care - Open Data Project

11 September 2020

The Open Data Engagement Fund has been running successfully for 4 years now and an integral part of the process is letting the open data community and the general public know about the projects that have received funding. In 2019, the MEDHA Care...

Register now for IRLOGI Geospatial Webinar

8 September 2020

DATA HARMONISATION GENERATION OF CROSS-BORDER PAN-EUROPEAN GEOSPATIAL DATASETS AND SERVICES IRLOGI WEBINAR The Irish Organisation for Geographical Information (IRLOGI) are hosting a webinar on the 16 September 2020 starting at 13:00 Irish Standard...

Open Data Ireland training courses - Spring 2021

1 September 2020

After an overwhelming response to their ONLINE Open Data training courses for all Irish public sector staff, Urban Tide are delighted to announce course dates for 2021 and details of their NEW Training Course. New courses and dates in 2021 – don’t...

New transport data feed for app developers utilising GTFS-R (Real-Time) for Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann, and Go-Ahead Services

12 August 2020

App developers with special interest in real-time public transport information should note that the National Transport Authority (NTA) is discontinuing the existing RTPI API, which is being replaced by a new GTFS Real-Time API - GTFS-R API. The...

Open Data projects funded under the 2020 Public Service Innovation Fund

10 August 2020

We are delighted to see that three Open Data projects were successful in receiving funding under the 2020 Public Service Innovation funding call. The Fund, now in its second year, is a competition designed to support innovation from public service...

Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub

23 July 2020

Check out Ireland’s Covid 19 Data Hub that provides information on figures provided by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) and the Health Service Executive (HSE). Datasets, charts and maps will be updated on an on-going basis and in line...

'Get Creative' - The 2020/21 Open Data Engagement Fund has been launched

16 July 2020

Ossian Smyth, Minister of State with responsibility for eGovernment announced details of the 2020/2021 competitive Open Data Engagement Fund on 16 July, 2020. Closing date for applications is 9th October 2020. The Open Data Engagement Fund (a fund...

Summer 2020 Open Data Newsletter

30 June 2020

The Summer 2020 edition of our Open Data Newsletter is now available. You can sign up to receive future open data updates here.

Check out 'Fáilte Maps' using open data from Fáilte Ireland

29 June 2020

The 'Fáilte Maps' app had been developed by Donegal Software Engineer Brian Douglas and makes use of data that has been made available by Failte Ireland on data.gov.ie under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. It allows the user to view...

EU News - Open Data best practices in Europe:Cyprus, France and Ireland

25 June 2020

In May 2020, the EDP published an analytical report titled "Open data best practices in Europe: Cyprus, France, and Ireland". The report provides readers with an overview of best practices implemented by top performing countries of the 2019...

Check out Biodiversity Maps national portal

24 June 2020

Biodiversity Maps is a national portal that compiles biodiversity data from multiple sources and makes it freely available on-line. The portal provides an overview of the state of knowledge on the distribution of Ireland's biodiversity from empirical...