Ireland eGovernment Awards 2025 Celebrating 22 years honouring leaders in digital government

Enjoy Transform Gov interviews with previous winners now

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Entries Now Open for the 2025 Ireland eGovernment Awards!

Now in their 22nd year, these prestigious awards celebrate the innovators transforming public services through digital solutions—local and national.

Join us on 18th September 2025 at O’Reilly Hall, Belfield, Dublin 4 when the winner’s trophies will be presented by An Taoiseach, Michéal Martin TD. The morning Leadership Summit  will be followed by the red-carpet awards lunch. 

Stay tuned and register now to get entry updates and event details.

Listen to why winning an Ireland eGovernment Award is a game-changer

Hear from previous winners and what the award meant to them

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Winners speak

Winners speak

Previous winners reactions

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Aishling Hyland

Aishling Hyland

Overall Winners Fingal Co Co

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Ciara Traynor

Ciara Traynor

Head of Multimedia & Digital DFA

Calling public sector transformers to share your knowledge

We are now inviting speakers to contact us to participate at the 2025 Digital Government Leadership Summit! Share your digital transformation success stories, ‘warts and all’.
Public sector projects from across Ireland are welcome. The Leadership Summit takes place on the morning of September 18th in O'Reilly Hall, Belfield, Dublin

Award Categories

The 2025 Ireland eGovernment Award categories. FREE to enter and multiple category entries are welcome.

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Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology Award

This award recognises entries which showcase initiatives that leverage technology to reduce carbon footprint, conserve resources, and promote eco-friendly practices.

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Smart Cities and Urban Development Award

The eGovernment Smart Cities and Urban Development Award recognises projects that demonstrate innovation, sustainability, and citizen-centric design.

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Data Protection Award

The eGovernment Data Protection Award recognises projects that prioritize compliance with GDPR (or similar) regulations, robust encryption methods, and secure data storage practices.

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Cyber Security Award

The eGovernment Cybersecurity Award recognises projects that prioritize robustness, resilience, and proactive defense measures.

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Cross-organisation Collaboration Award

This category recognises the use of digital technology to enhance or promote cross-organization collaboration in the public sector, judges prioritize synergy, interoperability, and impact.

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Universal Design & Inclusion Award

This award is for “Design so thoughtful it works for everyone”.

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Multi-lingual and Internationalisation Award

This award will be made to digital initiatives that prioritize inclusivity, accessibility, and cultural sensitivity.

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Education Award

When evaluating digital education solutions within the public sector judges prioritize entries that demonstrate innovative use of technology to enhance learning experiences, improve educational outcomes, and address the needs of diverse learners.

Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors who support us in honouring the leaders in public sector digital transformation

Meet the Judges

We are delighted to introduce the 2025 Ireland eGovernment Award judges

Judging panel

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Conall Ó Móráin

Broadcaster, Podcaster, Commentator

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Declain Tuite

Programme Chair, MSC Emerging Media DCU

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Maria McCann

Head of Practice for Data, & Digital Solutions at Project Foundry

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Joseph Nugent

CAO, An Garda Síochána (Retired)

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Fionnuala Meehan

Advisor & Former Head of Google Ireland

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Giles Newsome

CEO iConnect101, Co-Founder LiveLocal E-Comm