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Get Creative! Open Data Engagement Fund 2017/2018 has been launched
November 6, 2017
Launch of the Open Data Engagement Fund 2017/2018Patrick O’Donovan T.D., Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance announced details of ...
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Joint meeting of Public Bodies Working Group on Open Data and Open Data Liaison Officers Network
October 31, 2017
In the spirit of open access week, a joint meeting of the Public Bodies Working Group and the network of Open Data Liaison Officers which has been recently established under the Open Data Strategy 2017-22 took place on Tuesday 24th October in ...
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Open Data Engagement fund 2017/2018 – last week for applications!
October 18, 2017
There is just one week left until the closing date for the 2017/2018 Open Data Engagement Fund so get working on those applications!The Open Data Engagement Fund (a fund of €30,000), has been developed in conjunction with the Open Data Governance ...
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UrbanTide update: Last few places remaining on Open Data Training - October sessions - book your place now!
October 11, 2017
With just one week to go, our October Open Data Ireland Initiative Training Courses in Dublin, are filling up fast! If you would like to attend then please book now!The dates are:Tuesday 17th October 2017: General Overview on Open Data (Broad ...
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Survey on qualitative air quality data.
October 11, 2017
Survey on qualitative air quality data. The EPA currently has an open data consortium project running on air quality data and one of their first activities is to find out the current status of air quality data “open-ness” and what barriers ...
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Open Data Impact Series: Session 1 - Creating Business Opportunities Using Open Data - 26th Sept 2017
October 4, 2017
 Open Data Impact SeriesThe Open Data Impact Series promotes awareness, adoption and use of Open Data in different sectors, and supports the publication of high-quality Open Data.Session 1: Creating Business Opportunities with Open DataThe first ...
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Open Data training for Public Bodies - book now!
August 24, 2017
Urban Tide has announced details of the first Open Data Ireland Initiative Training Courses for public bodies.  Public servants can now register for the following full-day training sessions in Dublin city-centre: Tuesday 19th September 2017: General ...
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A Blog from UrbanTide: Ireland's Open Data training provider to the public service
August 17, 2017
In 2014, building on the extensive Irish Open Data activity that has been ongoing for a number of years, Ireland launched its national Open Data Ireland Initiative. Now, as part of this Initiative UrbanTide has been appointed as the single supplier of ...
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Publication of 'Open Data Strategy 2017-2022' blog by Emer Coleman
August 9, 2017
As Chair of the Open Data Governance Board, I am delighted to welcome the publication of the Open Data Strategy 2017-2022 which was developed by the Board in conjunction with the Open Data Unit in the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and in ...
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Launch of HSE Open Data portal and Publication of national eGovernment Strategy

August 3, 2017
 Please see below some recent developments which might be of interest to you:HSE Open Data portalThe HSE launched an open data portal today which can be found at http://data.ehealthireland.ie/ .  It contains over 300 datasets which are now live, ...
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Multi-Supplier Framework now available for Open Data Technical Assistance/Support for Public Bodies
July 26, 2017
Under Ireland’s Open Data Initiative and as set out in Ireland’s Open Data Strategy 2017-2022 launched on July 14th 2017 following Government approval, public bodies are to identify and publish appropriate datasets on the web as Open Data which can be ...
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Engagement Fund: Linked Data Publishing for data.gov.ie: Seminars, Methods and Tools - Christophe Debruyne and Declan O'Sullivan, ADAPT Centre, TCD.
July 17, 2017
Linked Data Publishing for data.gov.ie: Seminars, Methods and ToolsChristophe DebruyneADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublinchristophe.debruyne@adaptcentre.ieDeclan O’SullivanADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublindeclan.osullivan@adaptcentre.ieMost of the ...
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Engagement Fund: Objective Quality of Life Index based on Open Data - Brian O'Mullane - Creme Software
July 17, 2017
OverviewOften standard of living is emphasised over quality of life, in part due to the fact that it is easier to measure, whereas quality of life gives the better measure of the success of society. With the resolution of the quality of life measures ...
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Engagement Fund: Agricultural Correlations from Open Data - John O'Brien, Creme Software
July 17, 2017
OverviewThe aim of our project was to make it easier to explore agricultural open data and thereby increase public engagement with the data themselves and with the open data project generally.We downloaded the most relevant of the more than 100 ...
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Engagement Fund: Re-calling outcomes from 1st Irish Citizen Workshop on Open Data & Hospital Waiting Lists and launching Workshop no 2 - Open Knowledge Ireland
July 17, 2017
 On Saturday March 25th 2017, Open Knowledge Ireland held the first Open Data Citizen Workshop on Hospital Waiting Lists in Ireland. The workshop was well attended with citizens of different professional backgrounds and a shared interest in exploring ...
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Open Data Training Framework now available to Public Bodies
July 6, 2017
Under Ireland's Open Data Initiative and as set out in Ireland's Open Data Strategy 2017-2022 (in consultation until 4th July 2017), Public Bodies are to identify and publish appropriate datasets on the web as Open Data. Our Open Data mission is to ...
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Minister Donohoe launches public consultation process for the national Open Data Strategy 2017-2022
June 21, 2017
 Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D, today (Tuesday 20th June) launched a public consultation on the draft national Open Data Strategy 2017-2022.Studies show that publication of official non-personal data in open format ...
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Open Data portal wins eGovernment Award
June 7, 2017
The Open Data Unit were delighted when the national Open Data portal was shortlisted for an eGovernment award this year and were thrilled when it won ‘best award’ in the general category. The Ireland eGovernment Awards ceremony took place in Dublin ...
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Visit the Open Data Exhibition Stand at the Data Summit on 15/16 June 2017
June 7, 2017
The Minister for Data Protection and the Government Data Forum are hosting the Data Summit on 15 and 16 June this year in the Convention Centre Dublin and the Open Data Unit is delighted to have the opportunity to host an exhibition stand at the event ...
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Engagement Fund: Crimes at Garda Station Level and Pedestrian Footfall visualisations by Cyril Connolly, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire.
May 23, 2017
As the data visualisation pioneer John Tukey stated one of the great things about working as a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s back yard! For the open data engagement fund I selected two back yards - crime and pedestrian footfall in ...
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Engagement Fund: Geo Open Data Publishing Best Practices in a Day (training) by Trevor Alcorn, Marine Institute
May 17, 2017
The Marine Institute hosted two “Geo Open Data Publishing Best Practices in a Day” training courses funded under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform sponsored Open Data Engagement Fund at the Marine Institute offices in Galway (February ...
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