2026-10-19 15:22 UTC
Wow, very exciting news, the Irish 🇮🇪 Government announces plans to make Eircodes open data!
Obviously the exact details will matter, but this is great
https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-the-taoiseach/press-releases/launch-of-intelligenceapplied-programme-to-support-irish-workers-and-business-to-adopt-ai/
Many thanks to Dermot McNally for making us aware, we'll watch this closely
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@gravitystorm@m.gravitystorm.co.uk 2026-10-19 16:37
@opencage@en.osm.town I'm looking forward to seeing the licence details! I don't use them for anything myself, but the topic of postcode licensing (and also Ordnance Survey datasets) came up repeatedly at #FOSS4GUK2026 last week. There's certainly a conversation to be had about whether various government databases are better for the overall economy by being freely licensed and used much more widely, rather than commercially restricted.
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@petko@social.petko.me 2026-10-20 10:55
@opencage@en.osm.town about effing time... How was this not done years ago is beyond me...