If you’re in Dublin city this evening for #CultureNight, pop into @ria.ie to learn about the Academy’s research programmes, including DRI! DRI Labs will be demonstrating the creative reuse of cultural collections with games and crafts! dri.ie/events/get-c... @culturenightdub.bsky.social

DCU Arts & Culture and the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social have announced two Writers in Residence positions for 2027. The closing date for applications is Thursday, October 1st, at 5:30pm. For more information, click here: launch.dcu.ie/3TAQrfO

Using a watering can instead of hose in your garden, can reduce water consumption by a staggering 90%, says Dr Jenny Lawler, from @dcuwaterinstitute.bsky.social, who warns ‘we are at record daily consumption now'. She talks to Newstalk about the 'hosepipe ban': https://launch.dcu.ie/45eiXG5

#MapMonday! These maps of Bray can be discovered in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas collection deposited in the DRI repository by our colleagues @ihtaria.bsky.social Left: Map of Bray, based on #OrdnanceSurvey 1865 Right: Map of Bray, based on #OS 1997 doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

It’s definitely a day for the waterproofs - especially if you’re concert or match bound. Friday’s featured work from the the 196th RHA Annual Exhibition, in association with McCann FitzGerald, appropriately entitled Rain, is by Arthur Mathews (details in alt text).

We just moved our newsbox from George's Arcade down to The Saint in Inchicore, so now you can get your pints, your tacos (from Tacos Lupillo) and your local news all in one spot.

Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! Preservica is a leader in #DigitalPreservation, safeguarding thousands of business, government, academic + cultural records in their cloud-hosted platform. At DPASSH, they'll explain how they're #playing with AI to transform archival workflows! preservica.com

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Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! @preservetogether@digipres.club offers training and consultancy services to help build capacity and skills for #DigitalPreservation. From reviews to risk assessments - they know how useful #play can be in communicating complex work! www.preservetogether.com

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The Programme for #DPASSH2026 is now available online on the dpassh.org website > dpassh.org/conference-p... It's a packed 2 days of talks, workshops, games and exhibitions centred on #play in #DigitalPreservation. We are so grateful to the many contributors and sponsors who made this possible!

Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors: @artefactual.com make tools, provide domain expertise and offer commercial support services for open source #DigitalPreservation systems. Visit their booth to learn how this team #plays well with global cultural memory organisations and preservation networks.

Developed in collaboration with Waterford’s Transported Women, A Herstory, Grangegorman Histories, @dri.ie , SETU Library and the RIA IT team, the exhibition brings together digitised archival records, poetry and handcrafted memorials to honour women whose stories have been overlooked.

We were delighted to have this launched at 'Water, Towns and Topography' seminar! You can catch @dri.ie director, @lisagriffith.bsky.social give background to the DRI & @rachelmurphy.bsky.social demonstrate the #IHTA material that has been ingested into it www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVm... #IHTA2026

IHTA Seminar 2026: Session 3 Digital Repository of Ireland

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 4mo ago

We’re thrilled to announce 16 new sub-collections from @ihtaria.bsky.social are now published in the Repository! 🎉 Covering Derry~Londonderry, Dublin, Belfast, Athlone, Kilkenny & more, these ingests mark a step forward in IHTA’s long-term digital preservation plans. More: dri.ie/news/ihta-an...

Get to know our #DPASSH2026 sponsors! Informa assist companies to improve efficiencies and reduce costs in the manner in which they store, retrieve and share their paper and digital information. In the #GLAM sector, they help with everything from digitisation to digital archiving. www.informa.ie

🚨 Take action. Apartheid Israel passed a new law to mandate the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners. Email the Irish government today to demand concrete action, and not just more endless words of condemnation. ➡️ www.ipsc.ie/action-item/... #FreeThemAll

We don't hold an original proclamation but we do hold fragments. Read about them online in a post by Mick O’Farrell on the @ucdlibrary.bsky.social Cultural Heritage Blog. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2021/08/19/d...

Stephen Moran.@moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Shortly after noon on Easter Monday 1916, Pádraig Pearse stood on the steps of the GPO, in O'Connell St, Dublin & read a proclamation declaring the establishment of an Irish Republic, signalling the beginning of the anti-colonialist Easter Rising, a precusor to Irish indepence from the UK in 1922.

Today at its Stated General Meeting, the Members of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) elected Daniel Carey MRIA as the Academy’s 59th President, taking office with immediate effect. Read more: www.ria.ie/2026/03/16/r... @universityofgalway.bsky.social

Happy 260th Birthday to Ireland's first census! 🎂 Amazing coverage back in 1766 🙂 A tragic loss in 1922 🔥😩 Now available - over 50,000 recovered names! 📜📚5️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🥳 www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/1... 📢 More detailed Survivors map coming today! 🔎

And I’m so grateful for opportunities like these to share the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making archival collections accessible. 📂📷✨

I was honoured to speak at EPIC last night on the Michael Davitt Papers Project as part of their seminar ‘Michael Davitt’s Global Paths.’ I’m grateful to @catherine-healy.bsky.social for reaching out to me and creating the opportunity to be part of such a thoughtful and engaging seminar.

‘It's actually an entire community coming together’: Asian cultures unite for Dublin’s unique take on Lunar New Year" www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

‘It's actually an entire community coming together’: Asian cultures unite for Dublin’s unique take on Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year is celebrated across Asia under many names and traditions. In China, it is known as Chinese New Year, Vietnamese communities call it Tet, Mongolians celebrate Tsagaan Sar, and Korea...

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It was so lovely to be in @setulibraries.bsky.social library for the launch of a DRI member case study that celebrates collaboration. Well done to our SETU colleagues on their work to preserve community collections and connect them to teaching and learning. A really inspiring afternoon 👏👏👏

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 8mo ago

DRI staff are on the road once again this week, this time en route to Waterford to celebrate #ResearchData #Impact at @setulibraries.bsky.social. @lisagriffith.bsky.social will reflect on the example SETU set for cross-disciplinary excellence in a DRI Member Case Study: dri.ie/news/new-dri...

There's just under 3 weeks left to submit your presentation and discussion panel proposals for the Preservation and Migration Seminar in June 2026! Submit at fiatifta.org/pmc-seminar-...

PMC Seminar 2026 - Call for Proposals

The call for proposals for the FIAT/IFTA Preservation & Migration Seminar 2026 in Dublin, Ireland is now open.

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 9mo ago

📣FIAT/IFTA PMC, with RTÉ & the Digital Repository of Ireland, invites submissions for the first on-site PMC Seminar at the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin), June 2026. Topics: preservation, migration & digital preservation of media content. Find out more: fiatifta.org/pmc-seminar-...

@dri.ie is delighted to launch our new Research Reuse Reward to highlight the work researchers are doing to reuse secondary datasets 🎗️🥳

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 8mo ago

Introducing the DRI Research Reuse Reward! 🏆 📊 For #LoveData26 we're announcing a new scheme rewarding good research that interrogates, enhances, remixes or reimagines Ireland's social and cultural data. You could win up to €500 for reusing data in the DRI repository. dri.ie/news/dri-lau...

Morning #LoveData26 is here!

Lynda M. Kellam #DataRescue@lyndamk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy Love Data Week to all of my data nerds out there. The theme this year is "Where is my data?" and you can be sure that @datarescueproject.org has some ideas. 😉 #LoveData26 ❤️🛟

We’re delighted to announce a new collection in the Repository: Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage, published by @ullibrary.bsky.social 🗺️🏛️ The collection features Ordnance Survey bench marks across Limerick, photographed in 2025–26. Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

How can repositories and digital preservation together protect scholarly and cultural heritage? Please join us Feb 23 in conversation with Dr Luís Miguel Nunes Corujo (Portugal) co-author of Preservation & Digital Repositories: Connections, Possibilities, and Needs. stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Repositories and Digital Preservation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join Dr. Luís Miguel Nunes Corujo (Portugal), co-author of “Preservation and Digital Repositories: Connections, Possibilities, and Needs,” and Dr. Alicia Wise from CLOCKSS for an engaging exploration...

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DRI is pleased to announce that Repository metadata is now being shared with OpenAIRE, enhancing the discoverability of publications and datasets across Europe and Ireland 🔎📖 Read more on our latest blog: dri.ie/news/dri-is-... #OpenAIRE #OpenAccess #ResearchCommunity #Discoverability

DRI is sharing metadata with OpenAIRE - Digital Repository of Ireland

DRI is pleased to announce that Repository metadata is now being shared with OpenAIRE, enhancing the discoverability of publications and datasets across Europe and Ireland.  The Digital Repository of ...

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⚙️The DRI website (dri.ie) and repository (repository.dri.ie/) will be offline between 8am and 10am on Thursday 22nd January 2026 in order for essential maintenance to be performed⚙️ We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Please get in touch at dri@ria.ie with any queries or concerns.

📣FIAT/IFTA PMC, with RTÉ & the Digital Repository of Ireland, invites submissions for the first on-site PMC Seminar at the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin), June 2026. Topics: preservation, migration & digital preservation of media content. Find out more: fiatifta.org/pmc-seminar-...

PMC Seminar 2026 - Call for Proposals

The call for proposals for the FIAT/IFTA Preservation & Migration Seminar 2026 in Dublin, Ireland is now open.

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