Blog Articles - data.gov.ie

Launch of new website/app. Dwellist. Blog post by Jimmy Loughran

31 Iúil 2018

With the support of the Open Data Engagement Fund 2017/2018, I was able to research, design and build Dwellist - an app (for iPhone (link: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1410855909), Android (link:...

Open Data Engagement Fund - research paper by Waterford Institute of Technology

30 Iúil 2018

Waterford Institute of Technology has completed a piece of research funded under the Open Data Engagement Fund. Using open data, the research examines the impact of Institute of Technology (IOT) neighbourhoods on third level participation at the...

Launch of Dublin’s Housing Observatory Mapping Viewer

30 Iúil 2018

The All-Island Research Observatory based at Maynooth University, in partnership with Dublin City Council and Ordnance Survey Ireland have launched the Dublin Housing Observatory Mapping Viewer which offers new insights into the breakdown of housing...

Proposal for recasting of the Re Use of Public Service Information (PSI) Directive

3 Iúil 2018

Following a review and evaluation process, the European Commission adopted a proposal on 25 April 2018 for a revision of the Directive on the re-use of Public Sector Information . The proposal aims to overcome the barriers, identified in an impact...

Launch of EU Datathon 2018

12 Meitheamh 2018

The Publications Office of the European Union is organising the second edition of the EU Datathon competition that highlights the potential of linking EU and national data. The event started in May 2018, with the final phase taking place in Brussels...

Final few places left for June Open Data Training Courses

12 Meitheamh 2018

The final set of Open Data training courses run by Urban Tide before the Summer Break will take place on 18th and 19th June. Courses will then resume in September. June courses are as follows: Monday 18th June 2018 - General Overview of Open Data...

2nd Annual Irish OSGeo Symposium 2018 - 25th May, 2018

24 Aibreán 2018

The 2nd Annual Irish OSGeo Symposium 2018 is taking place in Portlaoise on Friday 25th May 2018. The symposium focuses on the usage, development and research of open source software and technologies in the geospatial domain in Ireland. OSGeo is a...

Small Business Innovation Research initative - Smart Dublin launch of Phase 2 Solutions 11th of April

9 Aibreán 2018

Smart Dublin is launching Phase 2 of the Small Business and Innovation Research (SBIR) projects for Wayfinding, Flooding (Gully Monitoring) and Illegal Dumping. Since last year the companies have been collaborating with local authorities to find...

Launch of DATA.GOV.IE version 3

5 Aibreán 2018

We are delighted to have launched a new and improved version of the national Open Data portal, data.gov.ie, in March 2018, which is the third iteration of the portal. The previous version of data.gov.ie had been in place since June 2015 and was due...

Open Data Impact Series 11 - Driving Open Transport Data

5 Aibreán 2018

The Department of Public Expenditure & Reform was delighted to co-host with Derlinix, the second seminar in the Open Data Impact Series - Driving Open Transport Data which took place on 22 March last. It was great to see such a great turn out on...

Last remaining places for April Open Data Training

28 Márta 2018

With just two weeks to go, Open Data Ireland Initiative Training Courses run by Urban Tide in April (Dublin) are filling up, with limited space remaining. Have you booked your place yet? The dates are: Wednesday 11th April 2018: General Overview on...

Open Data Engagement Fund blog - Interactive dashboard using census commuting data

23 Márta 2018

As part of the Open Data Engagement Fund 2017/2018, Arup created an interactive dashboard using commuting data from Census 2006, 2011 and 2016. Congestion has a profound impact on society, the economy and the environment. In recent times, there has...

Register now for Open Data Impact Event 'Driving Open Transport Data'

7 Márta 2018

We are pleased to announce details of the second Open Data Impact Event ‘Driving Open Transport Data’ which takes place on the morning of the 22 March at 25 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2. The Seminar is being organised by Derilinx and supported by the...

Urban Tide announces details of their April 2018 Open Data Training Courses

16 Feabhra 2018

Urban Tide is delighted to announce that the next set of Open Data Ireland Initiative Training Courses will take place in April in Dublin. The dates are:Wednesday 11th April 2018: General Overview on Open Data (Broad Training)Thursday 12th April 2018:...

Join Maynooth University on 13th - 15th February to celebrate Love Data Week

7 Feabhra 2018

Love Data Week is a social media event coordinated by research data specialists, mostly working in academic and research libraries or data archives/centres who believe research data is the foundation of the scholarly record and crucial for advancing...

Urban Tide training - Last few places for Open Data Training in Dublin & Cork

25 Eanáir 2018

Urban Tide still have space available at their Dublin and Cork Open Data Ireland Initiative Training Courses which are being held this month and next? Book your seat now! The Dublin dates are next week:Wednesday 31st January 2018: Anonymisation...

Article from the Economist

19 Nollaig 2017

A good news story……The Economist recently published an article on 'How Openness Can Transform Society' including through its use of Open Data. The article, available at the link below, mentions the Health Service Executive’s open data project and...

Key points for consideration from Open Data Leaders Network 2017 – Last part of a 3 part blog from Barry Doyle.

15 Nollaig 2017

The importance of engagement and embedding a culture of open dataThis is Part 3 of a 3-Part report. Part 1 can be viewed here, and Part 2 can be viewed hereWhen we first created the Roscommon County Councils Open Data Portal there was nobody standing...

UrbanTide announces details of their 2018 Open Data training courses

7 Nollaig 2017

UrbanTide is delighted to announce that they have scheduled additional dates for their Open Data Ireland Initiative Training Courses, for January and February in Dublin and February in Cork. The Dublin dates are:Wednesday 24th January 2018: General...

Key points for consideration from Open Data Leaders Network 2017 – Part 2 of a 3 part blog from Barry Doyle, Roscommon County Council

6 Nollaig 2017

This is Part 2 of a 3-Part report from Barry Doyle, GIS Officer, Roscommon County Council who attended the 2017 Open Data Leaders Network(link is external) (ODLN) hosted by the Open Data Institute(link is external) (ODI) in their offices in...

Open Data Engagement Fund blog - Barry Doyle's attendance at the 2017 Open Data Leaders Network

29 Samhain 2017

As someone who has led a local Open Data initiative for a number of years now I was delighted to be given the opportunity to attend the 2017 Open Data Leaders Network (ODLN) hosted by the Open Data Institute (ODI) in their offices in Shoreditch London...

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