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Dublin City Council, IE unveils strategy for responsible AI adoption

Dublin City Council is preparing its AI strategy for publication in Q3 2026, combining a two-tier governance structure, mandatory staff training, and Ireland's first Generative AI Lab dedicated to local government. The lab gives staff a structured environment to test AI tools and develop use cases before wider deployment. The strategy prioritises human oversight, transparency, privacy, fairness, accountability, and security from the outset.

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Dublin City Council, IE tests quantum encryption to future-proof public services

Dublin City Council hosted Ireland’s first government use case for quantum-secure communications, successfully trialling advanced quantum-based encryption on the city’s existing municipal fibre network to protect public services from future cyber threats, including those posed by quantum computing. By combining quantum key distribution with next-generation classical encryption, the trial proved reliable performance and aims to build resilience for sensitive government data.

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Dublin City Council, IE Smart Cities Team builds on a publicly available digital twin

The Dublin City Council’s Smart Cities team is actively developing a local digital twin of the Docklands area. The project builds on a publicly available digital twin model, allowing users to interact with it, provide feedback on urban planning decisions, and report local issues. The model includes six layers: terrain, buildings, infrastructure, mobility, IoT devices, and a digital layer that feeds data to the virtual twin for simulations like flooding and crowd movement.

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Dublin City Council, IE accelerates the potential of drones across Ireland

Dublin City Council launched a multi-pronged effort to identify how local government can utilize drones in areas such as civil defense, emergency response, public safety and environmental monitoring. Led by DCC’s Smart Dublin team, it is establishing a network across multiple government agencies at local and national level to inform policymakers on potential opportunities and best practices emerging around the world.

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Dublin City Council, IE expands Discovery Trails mobile app with an augmented reality feature

The Dublin Discovery Trails app was introduced in January 2023 for in-person visits to the city's destinations. Peel X developed the DiscovAR Dublin feature with Google Maps as an immersive experience for users worldwide. Travelers and virtual visitors navigate a 3D city map, select buildings to explore, and learn about Dublin's rich history. DiscovAR Dublin promotes the city as a tourist destination and makes its attractions accessible.

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Dublin City Council, IE brings local attractions to life with Doors into Docklands AR mobile app

Dublin City Council and Fáilte Ireland collaborated on an augmented reality experience for destinations along the River Liffey. The app offers main, extended, and accessible routes ranging from 3.75 kilometers to 5 kilometers for the Doors into Docklands trail. App users download all of the necessary data at the trail's origin. Doors into Docklands presents narrations by costumed actors, animations about engineering projects, and immersive experiences in historical buildings.

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Dublin City Council, IE evaluates environmental impacts of housing retrofits with IES digital twin

Project partner IES developed a digital twin of three housing blocks on Dominick Street Lower. This model established energy and emissions baselines for each block. City officials sought simulations of four retrofit strategies to reduce the environmental impacts of houses dating back to the 1960s. Proposed strategies ranged from shallow retrofits to full renovations. The project identified deep retrofit as the most effective strategy for achieving emission reductions over 60 years.

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