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Open Data Ireland training courses - Spring 2021

1 Meán Fómhair 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 Lúnasa 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 Lúnasa 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 Iúil 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 Iúil 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 Meitheamh 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 Meitheamh 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 Meitheamh 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 Meitheamh 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...

June 23rd – Open Data and Covid-19 Webinar

11 Meitheamh 2020

International high-impact speakers from the areas of Health and Open Data discussed Open Data and Covid-19 on Tuesday, 23 June from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. This was a free event and was open to all. In this fifth session of the Open Data Impact Series,...

Free Online Introduction to Open Data training course (June & July)

22 Bealtaine 2020

There has been huge interest in the Introduction to Open Data Training courses run by Urban Tide. The 3rd session takes place on Thursday 2nd July 2020 from 10 am to 12 pm however registration is now closed as all the places available are full. We...

Online 'Introduction to Open Data' training course for public servants

18 Bealtaine 2020

We are delighted to let you know that we have been working with UrbanTide to bring you a new online Introduction to Open Data training course. Our first course will run on Thursday 28th May 2020 from 10 am to 12 pm. The course will be FREE of charge...

Open Data Impact Stories

11 Bealtaine 2020

We are delighted that the Open Data portal now includes a number of Open Data Impact Stories. The goal of the Impact Stories feature is to give examples of current use of open data while also telling a story with the data and in doing so directly...

The Data Times Investigation Pages - Open Data Engagement Fund project

27 Aibreán 2020

Blog Post by Alana Murphy and Nicolas Perrin, Flax & Teal The project: The Data Times (The Data Times) is a free, easy to search tool originally targeted towards community journalists to engage in cross-border, data-driven journalism, by helping users...

COVID - 19 Open Datasets

9 Aibreán 2020

Open Datasets on COVID-19 statistics from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) are now available on the open data portal for reuse. These include statistics on COVID - 19 related confirmed cases, deaths, county statistics, hospital...

Participate in the EU Datathon 2020 - Be in with a chance to win €12,000!

2 Aibreán 2020

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 2020 is for you! The fourth...

Open Data Impact Series Event - Postponed

19 Márta 2020

The fifth session in the Series entitled ‘Improving Health and Wellbeing using Open Data’ was scheduled to take place on Thursday morning, 2nd April 2020 in the Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Dublin 8. This has now been postponed...

CABHAIR DO CHOMHLACHTAÍ POIBLÍ MAIDIR LE HÉIRCHÓID A ÚSÁID

10 Márta 2020

An English version of this item is available here. Creat Ionchódaithe Éirchód OGP Tá creat ilsoláthraí forbartha ag an Oifig um Sholáthar Rialtais (OGP) le haghaidh bulc-ionchódú Éirchód ar bhunachair sonraí de chuid na hearnála poiblí. Cuirfidh seo...

New study on the economic impact of open data published by the European Data Portal

27 Feabhra 2020

The European Data Portal publishes its study “The Economic Impact of Open Data: Opportunities for value creation in Europe”. It researches the value created by open data in Europe and includes a number of examples from Ireland . It is the second study...

Spring 2020 Open Data Newsletter

26 Feabhra 2020

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

Love Data Week, Maynooth University Library

10 Feabhra 2020

Maynooth University Library will be hosting Love Data Week during the week of 10-14 February, 2020. The hashtag is #lovedata20. Similar to Open Access Week, the purpose of Love Data Week is to raise awareness and build a community to engage on topics...

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