The Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform & Digitalisation Jack Chambers, and Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement, Digitalisation & eGovernment Emer Higgins, have launched the Digital Public Services Plan 2030.
The Plan sets out Ireland’s roadmap to fully digitalise key public services by 2030, ensuring that 100% of these key services are available online and 90% of applicable services are accessed digitally. This is a flagship initiative under Government’s Better Public Services transformation strategy.
Read more: IE: Digital Public Services Plan sets expectations for digitisation by 2030
This public exhibition will spotlight smart city prototypes and creative ideas developed by primary school students as part of the Connective Detective workshop series.
Since early 2024, The Connective Detective programme has introduced more than 450 students from 12 schools across Dublin to the world of telecommunications, connectivity, and smart cities—through imaginative, hands-on learning.
Read more: IE: Primary students showcase the future of smart cities at Trinity College Dublin
The ADAPT Research Ireland Centre at Trinity is leading a new model of collaboration to support the safe and trusted adoption of GenAI opportunities within Dublin City Council
Dublin City Council (DCC) and the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre, together with Trinity Business School, last week announced the launch of Ireland’s first Generative AI Lab dedicated to local government.
Read more: IE: Trinity and Dublin City Co launch first local government Generative AI Lab
With interconnected systems such as IoT, IoE and smart cities on the rise, Dr Kashif Naseer Qureshi discusses some of the top cybersecurity concerns of these networks.
In today’s world, the internet of things (IoT) is proving to be a critical component of the ongoing evolution of the tech landscape.
IoT refers to a network of devices and objects embedded with sensors, software and network connectivity, allowing them to connect and share data, and is now continually being utilised in a variety of scenarios including healthcare, transport and even in the household.
Read more: IE: Why cybersecurity is a top priority in IoT and smart cities
Dublin City University is using a digital twin of its campus to test smart city technology, bringing AI and a digital twin together.
Dublin City University (DCU) has teamed up with Dublin City Council, Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, and Bentley Systems to push the boundaries of digital twins.
Read more: IE: Dublin university uses campus twin to test smart city tech