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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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Smart Places

Smart Places aims to enhance the reputation of this region of Ireland as an attractive place to live, work, visit and do business. We aim to develop a world class…

Galway Dashboard

The Whitaker Institute in NUI Galway produced an industrial baseline study for Galway to support the development of an economic plan for the city and county along with an accompanying…