2024 Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award
Barry Lowry
Government CIO, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform

Best Community Engagement Award
Meath County Council
Live-Streaming Meath’s 2024 Local Election Count: Hybrid Engagement Model
Expands Accessible Democracy Across Municipal Districts and Diverse
Communities in Ireland

Best Use of Open Source Technologies’ Award
HSE Social Inclusion & Open Plan IT & Maynooth University
Project Lyrene: OpenEMR-Based Digital Health Platform Delivering Scalable, Inclusive Care to 15,000 Vulnerable Patients Across Ireland

Outstanding Contribution to Planet Earth Award (Product or Service)

Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)
TII’s Biodiversity Accounting: A Quantitative, Habitat-Sensitive Approach to Embedding Biodiversity in Road Planning and National Infrastructure Projects

Rising IT Star in the Public Sector Award
Bhavesh Patadiya, Clare County Council
Driving Digital Transformation in Clare through GIS-Based Surveys and dashboards that improve efficiency. Cutting costs, and enhancing beach safety operations.

AI Innovation of the Year Award (Product or Service)

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
MMUH’s Radiology Leads Ireland’s First AI Rollout: Safe, Ethical, and Transformative Healthcare Innovation Backed by the Pillar Centre

Most Collaborative Public Sector Project Award
Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University
Transforming Irish Healthcare: IVI-Led Digital Platform Boosts Quality, Cuts Costs, and Positions Ireland as a Digital Health Leader

Best ICT Project of the Year Award - Education Sector
Education Authority Northern Ireland (EAConnect)
Transforming Northern Ireland’s School Admissions with a User-Focused Digital Platform to Streamline Access, Records, and Communication

Best ICT Project of the Year Award - Public Sector
An Garda Síochána
GardaSAFE: Modernising Emergency Response with Integrated CAD System to Improve Public Safety, Governance, and Interagency Collaboration

HealthTech Innovation of the Year Award (Product or Service)
Tallaght University Hospital (TUH)
TUH’s SmartCP Digital Platform Transforming Chronic Pancreatitis Care with Remote Monitoring, Timely Intervention, and National Patient Support

Digital Skills or Talent Initiative of the Year Award (Product or Service)
Department of Public Expenditure
The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Building AI Capacity in the Public Sector: Scalable, Accredited Training for Digital Skills Development Across Government Services

Best Citizen/Customer Experience Award
Education Authority Northern Ireland
Transforming Education Services in Northern Ireland with a User-Friendly Digital Platform Supporting Families, Schools, and Pupils

Best Use of Cloud in Digital Transformation Award
HSE Technology & Transformation
TrakCare,a Scalable, Cloud-Based Electronic Patient Record Powering Interoperability, Clinical Insights, and AI-Driven Healthcare Transformation

Data Innovation of the Year Award (Product or Service)

Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Area Monitoring System: Satellite-Based Land-Use Validation Transforming CAP Payment Compliance and Reducing On-Farm Inspections

Digital Leader of the Year in Public Sector Individual Award
Fintan Brady, An Garda Síochána
A Visionary ICT Leader Driving Modern, Information-Led Policing and Digital Transformation in An Garda Síochána

Security & Privacy Leader or Team of the Year in the Public Sector Award
Office of the Government Chief Information Officer in Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage
Secure, Cloud-Based Heritage Licensing: Modernising Access with Privacy-First Digital Services at Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage

Judges Choice Award
Health Service Executive (Single Sign-On)
HSE’s Single Sign-On: Enhancing Clinical Efficiency, Security and Patient Care Through Digital Workplace Transformation and Identity Management

Judges Choice Award
ESB Networks (Online Account)
Empowering Energy Citizens with Digital Access to Consumption, Outages, and Net Zero Participation