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Digitising Galway's Graveyard Heritage: Open Data in Action

17 October 2023

In 2022, a transformative project backed by the Open Data Engagement Fund and the Heritage Council came to life. At the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards, it was named overall winner of the ‘Best Community Engagement’ category of...

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EU Workshop on High Value Datasets

31 May 2023

On the 22nd and 23rd May 2023, The Irish Open Data Team attended an interesting and informative EU Workshop for Data Providers held in the House of the EU in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The two day, in-person event, was hosted by data.europa.eu in...

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CEANGLAS ÚR DLÍTHIÚIL MAIDIR LE SONRAÍ OSCAILTE IN ÉIRINN

29 March 2023

An English version of this item is available here. Seo thíos mír as an mblag is úire de chuid UrbanTide (Ón mBéarla) atá dírithe ar an gceanglas úr dlíthiúil maidir le sonraí oscailte in Éirinn agus san AE “Ó bhí 2017 ann, tá UrbanTide ag soláthar...

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New Legal Requirement for Open Data in Ireland

29 March 2023

Tá leagan Gaeilge den mhír seo ar fáil anseo. Below is a segment from UrbanTide's latest blog which focuses on the new legal requirement for open data in Ireland and the EU "Since 2017, UrbanTide has been providing open data training to public...

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Smart Dublin Air Quality Hackathon

9 March 2023

Every year, the Open Data Engagement Fund is awarded to a number of community, government or education groups or to individuals working with open data. This year, Smart Dublin received an award under this fund to organise a hackathon using primarily...

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Ireland remain open data trend-setters in EU Open Data

12 January 2023

The Open Data Unit, DPER, is delighted to announce that Ireland remain open data trend-setters in EU Open Data in 2022. In December 2022, data.europa.eu published its eighth consecutive annual report on EU Open Data maturity. As one of eight top...

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Engagement Fund Winners 2022/23

8 December 2022

The applications received under the 2022/2023 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...

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COVID 19 Data Hub, Datasets and other sources of information

23 March 2020

COVID-19 Data Hub Ireland's COVID-19 Data Hub provides up to date data on Covid 19 in Ireland as well as a number of data visualisations such as geographical distribution of cases. The information presented is based on official figures provided by...

Dúshlán Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide Sonraí Oscailte, 2022

27 September 2022

Mar gheall ar an Dúshlán Mar chuid de Dhúshlán Gníomhaithe ar aon na hAeráide Sonraí Oscailte, a seoladh i mí Aibreáin na bliana seo, táthar ar lorg smaointe agus iarratais ina n-úsáidtear sonraí oscailte chun tacú leis an ngníomhú ar son na haeráide...

Open Data Training is available to all Public Sector employees

2 August 2022

There are six new training courses on open data and general data management now available to public sector employees. These are; General Introduction to Open Data Introduction to the Open Data Directive Open Data Audits & Data Publication...

OILIÚINT SONRAÍ OSCAILTE - DÁTAÍ NUA 2023 SCAOILTE

13 July 2022

Tá sé chúrsa oiliúna nua ar shonraí oscailte agus ar bhainistíocht ghinearálta sonraí ar fáil anois d'fhostaithe de chuid na hearnála poiblí. Seo a leanas iad; Intreoir Ghinearálta ar na Sonraí Oscailte Réamheolas ar an Treoir maidir le Sonraí...

Our next Open Data Strategy

9 June 2022

Join us for a series of interactive workshops in June and July 2022 and have your say on the future of the Open Data Strategy. Ireland’s first Open Data Strategy has guided the creation and development of Open Data for the last 5 years and now it is...

Open Data Maturity Assessment

24 May 2022

There is no doubt that Ireland has been a consistent leader in the EU Open Data arena and a trend-setter for 6 years in a row. 2021 was an incredible year full of challenges overcome and good results, the transposing of the Open Data Directive into...

Open Data Series Event on Health and well-Being

21 April 2022

The next Open Data Event Series is on the topic of ‘Harnessing the power of Shared and Open Data to deliver better Health and Wellbeing outcomes’ and will take place on May 5th at 2 pm. We have a packed agenda of experienced and varied speakers on the...

Dublin Region Open Data Climate Action Challenge 2022

31 March 2022

The Dublin Region Open Data Climate Action Challenge 2022 competition, part-funded under the Open Data Engagement Fund, is now accessible until April 26th at https://smartdublin.ie/dublin-region-climate-action-open-data-challenge-2022/ The Dublin...

Open Data Maturity

22 March 2022

Data maturity is an indicator that demonstrates the level at which an organisation effectively utilises their data. A high level of data maturity means that data is firmly embedded throughout the organisation and fully integrated into all...

Open Data Procurement for the Public Service

7 March 2022

The Open Data Unit (ODU) has been working with the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) for a year and a half to create these two new Frameworks to allow Public Sector Bodies (PSBs) to easily and efficiently procure data management skills, storage...

Love Data week at Maynooth University

11 February 2022

Maynooth University Library will be hosting Love Data Week next week, 14-18 February, 2022. This year the theme is Data for Everyone. Love Data Week is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics related to research data management,...

Engagement Fund Winners 2021/2022

13 December 2021

The applications received under the 2021/2022 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...

Autumn 2021 Open Data Newsletter

26 October 2021

The Autumn 2021 edition of our Open Data Newsletter is now available. You can sign up to receive future open data updates here.

Cycle to School Scheme Report

21 July 2021

The Cycle to School Scheme report was a winner of last year’s Open Data Engagement Fund award. It is a study of a prospective government scheme and includes sections on feasibility and potential future outcomes of the scheme. Here, Carl Lange gives...

Digitising Galway's Graveyard Heritage: Open Data in Action

EU Workshop on High Value Datasets

CEANGLAS ÚR DLÍTHIÚIL MAIDIR LE SONRAÍ OSCAILTE IN ÉIRINN

New Legal Requirement for Open Data in Ireland

Smart Dublin Air Quality Hackathon

Ireland remain open data trend-setters in EU Open Data

Engagement Fund Winners 2022/23

COVID 19 Data Hub, Datasets and other sources of information

Dúshlán Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide Sonraí Oscailte, 2022

Open Data Training is available to all Public Sector employees

OILIÚINT SONRAÍ OSCAILTE - DÁTAÍ NUA 2023 SCAOILTE

Our next Open Data Strategy

Open Data Maturity Assessment

Open Data Series Event on Health and well-Being

Dublin Region Open Data Climate Action Challenge 2022

Open Data Maturity

Open Data Procurement for the Public Service

Love Data week at Maynooth University

Engagement Fund Winners 2021/2022

Autumn 2021 Open Data Newsletter

Cycle to School Scheme Report

CRO Open Data Portal

The Future is Data Conference

EU Open Data Days

Laethanta Sonraí Oscailte AE

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