🚨 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...

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 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 👏👏👏

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-...

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

Morning #LoveData26 is here!

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...

🖼️ Edwin John Prittie

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

⚙️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 [email protected] 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-...

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

Nollaig na mBan: 'Its modern revival is a celebration of female friendship and connection' jrnl.ie/6919674

We would like to extend warm wishes to you all and a happy New Year's Eve! From @dclareadingroom.bsky.social collection in DRI, cast your mind back to 1955 and the New Year celebrations in Dublin City. If you look to the back right, you can see a circle of people, presumably singing Auld Lang Syne.

Goodnight. 🖼️ Hare and Moonshadows, Colin See-Paynton.

A free Xmas day dinner put on by my local Belfast Bengali restaurant for people by themselves during the holidays #EverydayMulticulturalism

Morning. Winter Hare, Vanessa Bowman.

Finally! Yes!

📢The DRI December newsletter is out now! This month's updates include news of the 2026 Community Archive Scheme winner, several new collections in the Repository, and other #DigiPres news and events. Read the latest issue and subscribe: mailchi.mp/ria/dri-dece...

In exciting news, Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network recently launched a new Microcredential, Introduction to Data Stewardship at UCC! The closing date for bursary applications is Friday 12 December 2025 at 5pm, so apply as soon as possible! Read more: dri.ie/news/sonrai-...

We are delighted to announce the publication of the 'Butter Wrapper' collection in the Repository! Published by the Butter Museum, Cork - this collection highlights the evolution of butter packaging, featuring vintage designs that reflect changing trends. Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

There's less than a month left to submit your proposal for a workshop, talk or poster for next summer's DPASSH conference! Don't miss out on a #DigitalPreservation event focused on all things #Play, from playing well with others ❤️ to preserving playable media. 👾 dpassh.org/conference-t...

We're delving into the Post Office Irish Postage Stamp Collection for today's #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAAnniversaries #EYACuimhneacháin This stamp was published in 1997 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Irish state: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

The 2026 @dri.ie Community Archive Scheme winner is Holly Lennon and her collection 'Long Kesh Style'. We all love working on this scheme and it's a really wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work being done by community archivists across Ireland.

A 34-year secret shrouded in shame paved the way to teach children about the horrors of our past www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”

We are pleased to share the DRI AI Statement 2025. This statement details the DRI’s position regarding the use of AI tools and technologies and was developed in collaboration with DRI staff, our Expert Advisory Group (EAG), and DRI Members. Read more: dri.ie/news/dri-ai-...

As government support for sheltering Ukrainian refugees dwindles, finding somewhere to live means taking more risks. “I understand now how valuable it is to help each other. How important it is to have a roof over your head, to have community.”

So we coloured in Helene Hanff’s dog - of course it had to be yellow (in honour of the New York taxi cab, Playbill booklets and the starry lights of Broadway, where this book is set). #underfootinshowbusiness #booksky 💛🌟🚖📒

ADHD ‘over-represented’ among those in addiction treatment services in Dublin, Wicklow

📣 Calling all Arts & Humanities researchers in Ireland working with digital tools & data! ➡️ DRI and DARIAH-IE invite feedback on a draft Research Sustainability Workflow: dri.ie/news/researc... ➡️ @dariahie.bsky.social also launched an Engagement Survey to map community needs: dri.ie/news/dariah-...

It's #MapMonday ! This Post Office Circulation map from 1894 shows the principal mail routes and means of mail conveyance throughout Ireland. It is from the collection 'Delivering the mail - how the Post Office worked', deposited in the DRI by An Post Museum & Archive: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

#ipres2025 might have wrapped up yesterday, but today we are meeting for the 2nd day for #parbica21 where we will continue our conversation on demystifying digital https://parbica.org/conferences-and-events/parbica-21-demystifying-digital/

House Oversight Committee Democrats have requested former Prince Andrew sit for interview about his Epstein ties,aiming to uncover the full crime network & identify his co-conspirators & enablers. Evidence suggests Andrew holds critical info. GOP members refuse to sign. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

So excited to hear this! I already know it'll be a belter. Can't wait.

💻 Happy #WorldDigitalPreservationDay! The @nlireland.bsky.social keeps safe our country’s cultural heritage by preserving born-digital and digitised collections. Learn more: www.nli.ie/collections/...

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring! Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy. Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm. www.ria.ie/about/career...

We are thrilled to announce that Dublin and Belfast will host iPRES (the International Conference on Digital Preservation) in 2030🎉 We're delighted with this opportunity and look forward to collaborating with our partners to create a fantastic iPRES 2030! Read more: dri.ie/news/dublin-... @ria.ie

Happy World Digital Preservation Day y’all. Here is our wonderful memberships manager Maeve O’Brien introducing the work of @dri.ie #WDPID2025

It's HERE... World Digital Preservation Day 2025!! We are excited to kick off #WDPD2025 with our traditional opening blog from #DPC Executive Director William Kilbride, writing from the #iPRES2025 conference in Aotearoa New Zealand - one of the first places in […] [Original post on digipres.club]

Attending Aotearoa Wellington #ipres2025 virtually means that #wdpd feels like an extra long celebration this year. So while it's still 8:00 on Wednesday here, I feel like I can already post Happy World Digital Preservation Day post 🎉

Day 4 of #ipres2025! We have Peter-Lucas Jones, CEO Te Hiku Media, for our final keynote. https://www.ipres2025.nz/keynote-speakers

#iPRES2025 How many formats are there? @anjacks0n.bsky.social presents a paper on seeing if we can answer the question. Some detective work gets him to the number 12k (I think)