Blog Articles - data.gov.ie

Ireland achieves first place in its Open Data Maturity assessment for the second year running

18 Nollaig 2018

The Open Data Team welcome the announcement by the European Commission that Ireland has achieved first place in its Open Data Maturity assessment, for the second year in a row. According to the assessment of Open Data maturity in Europe for 2018,...

The Irish Experience in Publishing Linked Open Data presented at an EDP workshop in Prague

11 Nollaig 2018

On the 6th and 7th of December 2018, a tailored workshop organized by representatives of the European Data Portal (EDP) took place in Prague, Czech Republic. The workshop is a tailored support activity by EDP around Linked Open Data where public data...

Appointments to the Open Data Governance Board

6 Nollaig 2018

Following a call for expressions of interest, Minister Patrick O'Donovan has appointment the following to the Open Data Governance Board Mr. Seamus Murphy, Chief Digital Officer, AIB Mr Martin Quigley, Head of the Affordable Childcare Scheme, Pobal...

Are you interested in Linked Open Data

5 Nollaig 2018

Upcoming event on Linked Open Statistical Data in the European Union On 14 and 15 January 2019, trailblazers from National Statistical Institutes from across the European Statistical System will host a two day event in London, which will: - provide...

Open Data Conference 'Harnessing Open Data'

22 Samhain 2018

An Open Data Conference ‘Harnessing Open Data’ took place on 19 November 2018 in the Wood Quay Venue, Dublin 8. Over 130 public servants from a wide range of public bodies attended the conference which was organised by the Open Data Unit in the...

Linked Open Statistical Data - Webinar 1

24 Deireadh Fómhair 2018

A Linked Open Statistical Data Webinar took place on October 24th 2018 to present a Linked Data Publishing Pipeline developed by Derilinx in collaboration with Insight Centre for Data Analytics (National University of Ireland, Galway) and ADAPT Centre...

Portal nominated for World Summit Award

16 Deireadh Fómhair 2018

The Open Data Unit are delighted to learn that the national portal, data.gov.ie had been nominated as best national digital solution for Ireland for the international World Summit Awards (WSA). The World Summit Awards are a global initiative selecting...

2018/2019 Open Data Engagement Fund launched

21 Meán Fómhair 2018

Patrick O’Donovan T.D., Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform announced details of the 2018/2019 Open Data Engagement Fund on 21 September, 2018. The Open Data...

Open Data Ireland training courses 2020

5 Meán Fómhair 2018

On-line Open Data Training Course Open Data Classroom training has been postponed until further notice due to the Covid - 19 situation. The Open Data Unit has procured a number of free 'Introduction to Open Data' courses which have been made...

GeoVis Linked Data Query and Visualisation WebApp for data.gov.ie

31 Lúnasa 2018

The Open Data Unit was delighted to support the GeoVis Linked Data Query and Visualisation WebApp project driven by Dr. Kris McGlinn from the ADAPT Centre in Trinity College under the Open Data Engagement Fund. The goal of the project was to add a...

Are you interested in becoming a member of the Open Data Governance Board

23 Lúnasa 2018

The Open Data Governance Board was established in 2015 to provide strategic leadership and governance, in line with international best practice, for Ireland's Open Data Initiative. The Board also oversees implementation of Irelands national Open Data...

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...

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...

Launch of DATA.GOV.IE version 3