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The projects listed below are a small selection of the wide range of smart initiatives being carried out across our partner cities. Click on each of the projects to view more information.

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Cork City Council Retrofitting for Sustainable Smart Social Housing

Cork City Council’s Housing Directorate is implementing a number of smart retrofitting projects across a portion of its 10,500 social houses. These projects aim to explore how retrofitting and the…

Smart ‘City Trees’ installed to help tackle pollution

Five striking high-tech ‘CityTrees’ have been installed in Cork city centre as part of Cork City Council’s Air Quality Strategy and as a site-specific solution to the challenge of air…

Cork City Council Launches Innovative Air Quality Strategy

Cork City Council is the first local authority in Ireland to produce an Air Quality Strategy. This strategy follows on from the delivery of a high-level air quality monitoring system…

Regional Energy Strategy for the North West

Derry City & Strabane District Council (DCSDC) and Donegal County Council (DCC) both recognise the need to transition towards a smart, low carbon economy which can deliver sustainable prosperity for…

Cork City selected to participate in the European Commission’s 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge

Cork and Derry havesuccessfully been selected as core cities to participate in the European Commission’s 100 Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) Programme. As a participants in this programme,both Councils will receive…

Cork City Council rolls out the largest Local Authority EV fleet in the Country

Cork City Council has taken the lead nationally by putting up to 76 electric vehicles (EVs) on the road and thereby creating the biggest local authority EV fleet in the…

Smart Balbriggan

Located approximately 32km north of Dublin City, Balbriggan is the youngest and one of the most culturally diverse large towns in Ireland. Balbriggan is designated as a ‘self-sustaining town’ in…

School Streets: Improving Safety and Wellbeing for primary School Pupils

Launched in November 2019, the Fingal County Council School Streets initiative explores how car-free zones outside schools can create safer, cleaner and more environmentally friendly spaces. The initiative is being…

Blanchardstown Public Mobility Hub – Smart, Sustainable, Accessible Mobility Options

Reducing our reliance on private cars is an important step towards decarbonisation, improving mobility and reducing congestion. In 2020, Fingal County Council launched an innovative, new Public Mobility Hub, providing…

IoT Energy Monitoring

Reducing our energy consumption is an important action in the fight against climate change. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are committed to reducing their energy consumption at an organisation level. In…

WIFI4EU – Connecting Communities

From 2018 to 2021, the EU will provide funding of approx. €120 million to local governments across Europe to help deliver free public WiFi services for citizens. High-quality WiFi will…

The Dublin Beat – Understanding Citizen Sentiment

We live in the age of information where, globally, more people have mobile phones than have access to toilet facilities. Sharing our thoughts, opinions, complaints and celebrations daily, through multiple…

Smart Sandyford

The Smart Sandyford programme seeks to address some of the largest challenges facing cities today from mobility to climate change. We work directly with local companies and residents to test…

Smart Mobility Hub

In an effort to reduce staff reliance on private cars, Dublin City Council, launched “The Smart Mobility Hub Challenge”, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland under the Small Business Innovation Research…

Smart Docklands

Smart Docklands is a unique world-class smart city testbed in the heart of Dublin’s Docklands. Established in 2018, it is funded by Dublin City Council and Science Foundation Ireland Research…

Smart DCU

Smart DCU – is a Smart District that brings together IoT enterprise, Smart City research and test bedding of IoT technologies and solutions, within the Dublin City University’s overall estate.…

Smart Bike Lights – Crowdsourcing Cycling Data for Better Planning

Cycling is one of the most sustainable forms of transport, positively impacting on emission levels, congestion, and health. In recent years there has been a major, and welcome, increase in…

MyDoorStep

The purchase of a new home is one of the most significant decisions in a person’s lifetime. South Dublin County Council’s MyDoorStep project is a digital information platform and walk…

Last Mile Delivery

A desire to find a way to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of urban deliveries was the inspiration behind the “Last Mile Delivery Challenge”. Launched in late 2018, the project…

Dublin’s Hugh Lane Gallery: Understanding Visitor Patterns and Flows Using a Unique, Privacy-by-Design Approach

The Hugh Lane Gallery is one of Ireland’s most beloved cultural institutions. Located in the North of Dublin’s City Centre, the Gallery is home to an exceptional collection of contemporary…

Gully Monitoring

Over the last number of years we have seen an increase in flooding events across the Dublin region. Often caused by a combination of factors such as overflowing river banks,…

Grant Applications – Digital First

Smart city programmes seek to use new technologies and innovation to improve local authority services. This includes identifying opportunities to optimise key business processes, especially public facing services, through digital…

Google Environmental Insights Explorer Data-driven Decision Making

In October 2019, Google launched Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) in Europe, a free online tool, designed in collaboration with Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy which uses data…

Future Networks – IoT Asset Management

Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council is building out a “Radio Frequency Internet-of-Things Mesh Network” throughout the County. The network will be built using the current street lighting network and…

Free Now Match Pilot Optimising Taxi Usage

Developing and supporting more flexible, efficient and sustainable forms of transport for the Dublin region is a key priority for Smart Dublin. A huge number of Dubliners and visitors to…

Flooding Innovation Project: Real Time Data for the Dublin Region

Dublin’s flooding innovation project started as a collaboration between DCC, Intel and CONNECT research centre to deploy 25 low-cost rainfall sensors using LoRaWAN connectivity through the Pervasive Nation project. To…

Fingal Voices: Citizen-centred Smart Technology

Citizen’s voices are central to how local government works. Through consultations, surveys, social media, and town-halls, local authorities reach out to communities for input and insights. The ‘Fingal Voices’ mobile…

The Dublin Region EV Charging Working Group: Supporting Dublin’s Transition to Low Emission Mobility

Dublin’s Local Authorities are taking steps to decarbonise our city region. Electric Vehicles (EVs) play a key role in enabling the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy powered…

Dublinked – Open Data Store

Dublinked, the Open Data Portal for the Dublin Region, is an initiative by the four Dublin Local Authorities that enables citizens, researchers and businesses to reap the benefits of access…

Dublin Economic Monitor, Analysing Dublin’s Performance

The Dublin City Region plays an increasingly important role in the economy of Ireland and it is important that its performance is properly tracked. The Dublin Economic Monitor is a…

Drones Managing Our City’s Skies

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly known as a ‘drones’, are aircraft without a human pilot on board. Although UAVs were originally used for military applications, their use is rapidly expanding to…

Drones for Illegal Dumping

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, most commonly known as drones, are increasingly used in the delivery of services across the world. From videography and journalism, to safety inspections of inaccessible infrastructure; drones…

Docklands 3D Virtual Model Future Planning & Citizen Engagement

3D modelling technology is transforming the way cities undertake spatial planning and engage with their communities. It provides developers and city planners new opportunities to better understand and communicate the…

Covid Connect NI – Digital Innovator Community Tackles Coronavirus Crisis

In April 2020, Belfast City Council launched a digital innovation matchmaking service www.CovidConnectNI.com in response to Covid-19. The pandemic has created a range of challenges for public, voluntary and community…

Amazing Spaces, Smart Places

Belfast City Council is exploring how data and innovative technologies can help them manage their parks and open spaces, ensuring they are safe, accessible and enjoyed by all. Five companies…

Connected Life Buoys – Reducing Theft and Saving Lives

Dublin City Council manage approx. 130 lifebuoys in Dublin along the two canals, the River Liffey and in The Docklands. Unfortunately, approx. 20 of these life rings go…

South Dublin County Council Local Mental Health Services App

A new app provides information on local mental health services in South Dublin. South Dublin County Council have launched Mindmindr 2019, an app that provides contact details and information on…

Smart Dublin benches bringing smart city technology to life in our communities

Throughout the first half of 2019, smart benches were installed in a number of spots across the Dublin region bringing the future of smart technology to our streets and parks.…

HGV App: Citizens empowered check in Real Time if 5+ axle vehicles have permit to be on the city

The Dublin City Council HGV Management Strategy was introduced in 2007, shortly after the opening the Dublin Port Tunnel. The HGV Strategy provides for a ban on 5+ axle vehicles…

Wayfinding with Route4U: How 30 seconds and a smart phone can improve accessibility anywhere

In 2017, Route4U won the Smart Dublin SBIR Wayfinding Challenge initiated by Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland. The company secured funding to develop…

Fingal and Cork City Councils are using technology to reach unheard voices

A core responsibility of every local government is to engage citizens in the democratic process, ensuring that all voices across the community are heard and valued. In 2018, Fingal County…

Balbriggan becomes the first location on the east coast to launch free high-speed public Wi-Fi

Balbriggan has become the first location on the east coast to launch free high-speed public Wi-Fi, an initiative designed to transform Ireland’s youngest town. Powered by Magnet Networks, ‘Our Balbriggan…

Limerick Enterprise Architecture

This project is part of a research programme developed by Limerick City and County Council in collaboration with LERO, the Irish Software Research Centre, to define the structures which can…

Mobile Service Operations (CRM App)

Effective Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is essential to client satisfaction—particularly when you are serving the 190,000+ population of Limerick City and County, as the local authority does. This LCCC Mobile…

Staff Training Portal

As in all sectors, a skilled workforce is essential in local government but because of a heavy workload, employees are often time-poor and lacking in opportunity to upskill. To offer…

Insight Limerick

The principle that ‘knowledge is power’ is at the core of Insight Limerick—a shared bank of information aiming to make as much Limerick-related data as accessible as possible freely available…

Pedestrian Counters (IoT Pilot)

Measurement of footfall (pedestrian counting) can be a major indicator of urban and rural activity and the success of initiatives and events. Limerick City and County Council has introduced pedestrian…

Limerick Municipal Data Network

Digital and online services and communications are impossible to enable without the infrastructure in place to make it fast and efficient. Limerick City and County council has developed a fibre…