Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)

@dri.ie

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified digital repository, or online archive, for the long-term preservation of Ireland's social and cultural digital legacy. Explore the Repository: https://repository.dri.ie/

@dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy Sep 29, 2026, 12:05 PMReposted by @dri.ie

What risks are shaping your digital preservation work? The Digital Preservation Coalition #DPC is looking for speakers to share practical experiences, questions and ideas at our Around the World event on Risk Management, taking place in November.

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@dri.ie Oct 6, 2026, 11:46 AM

We were delighted to host colleagues from the National Archives of Malaysia and 2en Apps this morning to share knowledge on digital preservation policy, DRI membership workflows and our Repository functionality.

It is always great to exchange ideas with fellow #digipres peers around the world!

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Several people of varying backgrounds gathered around a table, focused on their laptops during a work session.

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@dri.ie Oct 6, 2026, 11:42 AM

We made a card and sound game Craig! You can find out more here: dri.ie/news/creativ...

@ria.ie Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PMReposted by @dri.ie

📢 The programme is now available for Who Pays for Creativity? Tax Policy for Creative Industries.

🎬 From screen production and visual effects to literature and public policy, this event brings together experts from across the creative ecosystem.

Illustration of paint palettes and a palette-shaped artist’s blotter above an open red paint box.

@ria.ie Oct 5, 2026, 3:58 PMReposted by @dri.ie

This #MapMonday is focused on Kells, Co. Meath!

Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 4 Kells by Anngret Simms with Katharine Simms was published by the RIA in 1990

Check @ihtaria.bsky.social to explore highlights from the IHTA, a research programme based at the RIA

www.ria.ie/irish-histor...

@dri.ie Oct 6, 2026, 9:30 AM

Thanks Maya! The cards featured an image of Academy House from a stamp in the Irish Postage Stamp Collection doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Participants were inspired to record Irish language phrases in the card after playing our 'Speak Like Me' game digital-repository-of-ireland.github.io/SpeakLikeMe/...

Card featuring an image of Academy House from a 1985 Irish postage stamp

@billylinehan.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 7:17 AMReposted by @dri.ie

Shaping Public AI: What role for Ireland’s cultural heritage?

Ireland’s cultural heritage sector explores how its collections,expertise and public values can help shape the development of AI

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@dri.ie Oct 5, 2026, 3:04 PM

As part of the #CultureNight celebrations, DRI hosted an event on the creative reuse of #DigitalCulturalHeritage collections held in the DRI repository

We were delighted to engage with members of the public as people discovered and explored #IrishCulturalHeritage Learn more: dri.ie/news/creativ...

The steps of Academy House at 19 Dawson St, Dublin, decorated with flags for Culture Night 2026

Members of the public engaging with the DRI card-making stand in the Meeting Room of the Royal Irish Academy, as part of Culture Night 2026

DRI’s Eimear Hanahoe and Noelia Romero at the DRI Culture Night stand on 18 Sept, 2026. A variety of card-making craft materials such as stickers, scissors, and pens are on a table in front of the DRI staff members.

Culture Night card-making stand with custom stickers, pens, tape, and other craft materials. A card with the text 'With love from DRI' can be seen in the foreground

@dri.ie Oct 2, 2026, 10:50 AM

The event ‘Winds of Change - Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI’ is hosted by the Digital Repository of Ireland in collaboration with @irishmuseums.bsky.social, and @europeana.bsky.social Foundation. Join the livestream tinyurl.com/47v4hnxe

@dri.ie Oct 2, 2026, 10:48 AM

We have a packed house in @ria.ie for today's collaborative event looking at the role the #CulturalHeritage sector and #DataSpace for #CulturalHeritage can play in shaping a European #PublicAI ecosystem, one where technology is governed by public values, instead of shaped by private interests alone!

Harry Verwayen, General Director, Europeana Foundation, speaking at the event 'Winds of Change - Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI' taking place in the Meeting Room of the Royal Irish Academy

@ria.ie Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 AMReposted by @dri.ie

Applications are now open for the Archaeology Legacy Grant.

The 2027 round is provided by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, through the @nationalmons.bsky.social

Apply for 2027 funding by 15 October www.ria.ie/grants/archa...

📸 Lisleagh excavation in 1981 from Michael Monk

Archaeologists excavate a rocky outdoor site, using tools, buckets, measuring grids, and surveying equipment.

@dri.ie Sep 30, 2026, 2:47 PM

This Fri 2 Oct, DRI, @irishmuseums.bsky.social, and @europeana.bsky.social Foundation are hosting an all-day in-person event @ria.ie on #AI innovation, digital collaboration, and the future of #CulturalHeritage

If you can't join us in person, you can view the livestream tinyurl.com/47v4hnxe

@dri.ie Sep 30, 2026, 12:50 PM

Great Billy, thank you!

@billylinehan.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 3:20 PMReposted by @dri.ie

Look out for my article in @irish-tech-news.bsky.social on this event on Friday at @ria.ie

Winds of Change: Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI - Irish Museums Association
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@dri.ie Sep 28, 2026, 2:03 PM

Join us on Friday, October 2nd for a full day event focused on the importance of Ireland's cultural heritage sector in shaping a European values-based AI ecosystem.

There are still a few in-person places left! 🪑
Can't attend in Dublin? View the morning livestream ▶️
Register: dri.ie/events/winds...

@dri.ie Sep 28, 2026, 10:21 AM

Due to strike action, we are postponing our online coffee morning this coming Wednesday 30 September at 11am. We look forward to welcoming Padraic Stack back at a later date and will share an update once this has been rescheduled. Keep an eye on our social channels for updates!

@dri.ie Sep 28, 2026, 10:15 AM

Congratulations Niamh!!

@dri.ie Sep 24, 2026, 12:29 PM

We're delighted to announce that @ucddublin.bsky.social have ingested a new collection into the Repository: the Irish Publishing Record (IPR) Publishers Dataset, 1967–1994.

Objects include: Introductions of IPR between 1967-1988 and the IPR Publisher Dataset.

Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

A cover page of the Irish Publishing Record 1967, featuring black and white text.

@ucdlibrary.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 12:16 PMReposted by @dri.ie

UCD Digital Preservation Librarian @niamhelizamurphy.bsky.social will present an interactive seminar - 'Lost in Character Encoding' - tomorrow, at this year's #iPRES2026 in Copenhagen.

For more info see ipres2026.dk

#DigitalPreservation

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@dri.ie Sep 21, 2026, 2:20 PM

DRI's contributions to #CultureNight 2026 featured digital games and hands-on activities inspired by #CulturalHeritage collections in the Repository. Framed by the architecture of the @ria.ie, it made for a dynamic mix!
Subscribe to our newsletter at dri.ie to find out what #DRI_Labs is up to next.

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A group of people of different ages stand or kneel in front of a table covered with pens, paper and electronic components. In the background, there are library bookshelves, windows, and candelabra.

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