Blog Articles - data.gov.ie

The new Open Data Directive? What will it mean for public bodies?

10 November 2020

Did you know that a new Open Data and Re Use of Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive was agreed at EU level in 2019? The full text of the the Directive is available here. The objective of the recast of the Directive is to strengthen the EU’s...

Webinar Series - Future of Open Data Portals

12 October 2020

If you are interested in learning more about the future of open data portals you might want to register for one of these upcoming webinars run by the European Data Portal. This series of webinars will discuss current best practices, experience and...

Webinar ‘Smart Districts: Fast-tracking Innovation’.

12 October 2020

As part of Public Sector Innovation Week 2020, Smart Dublin are holding a webinar ‘Smart Districts: Fast-tracking Innovation’. If you are interested in learning more about the Smart Dublin ‘District Approach’ and how technology projects are helping...

Data Publication & Technical Framework course – Places available (30th Sept-1st Oct)

24 September 2020

There are still a few places available on next week’s Data Publication & Technical Framework course (30th Sept-1st Oct) This course gives you the tools and techniques to prepare your data for publication as Open Data. These places will fill up...

Maternity Evaluation Dashboard for Hospital and At-Home Care - Open Data Project

11 September 2020

The Open Data Engagement Fund has been running successfully for 4 years now and an integral part of the process is letting the open data community and the general public know about the projects that have received funding. In 2019, the MEDHA Care...

Register now for IRLOGI Geospatial Webinar

8 September 2020

DATA HARMONISATION GENERATION OF CROSS-BORDER PAN-EUROPEAN GEOSPATIAL DATASETS AND SERVICES IRLOGI WEBINAR The Irish Organisation for Geographical Information (IRLOGI) are hosting a webinar on the 16 September 2020 starting at 13:00 Irish Standard...

Open Data Ireland training courses - Spring 2021

1 September 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 August 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 August 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 July 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 July 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 June 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 June 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 June 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 June 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 June 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 April 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...