St James Hospital

The AI-powered Clinical Coding Assistant at St James’s Hospital uses advanced language models to analyze clinical notes and suggest medical codes. It reduces coding time from hours to seconds with 93% accuracy, operates securely within Microsoft’s cloud, and could help Ireland’s healthcare system reclaim €13 million in activity-based funding annually.

Uisce Eireann

Uisce Éireann has developed a customer-centric outage notification service designed to provide timely and location-specific water service alerts through SMS and phone-based systems. This initiative enhances communication with customers about water outages, quality issues, and conservation needs while ensuring accessibility and ease of use.

An Post

An Post’s “Circular Economy” campaign tapped into the resale boom with a simplified, weight-free pre-paid packaging solution. Targeting under-35s, the campaign delivered standout engagement, boosted brand perception around sustainability and innovation, and drove sales, firmly positioning An Post as a circular economy leader.

Uisce Eireann

Water is life. By implementing the National Telemetry and Data Historian systems, Uisce Éireann has set an industry standard in the management, monitoring, and investment in Ireland’s water-services infrastructure. This project exemplifies how technology, when designed with people in mind, can deliver lasting value for customers, communities, and the environment.

Galway Fire Service & Galway County Council

SWEMS is a cloud-based GIS platform that empowers communities and agencies to manage severe weather events collaboratively through real-time data sharing, proactive communication, and customizable mapping—enhancing preparedness, civic engagement, and long-term resilience.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs & Migration

This project transformed Ireland’s immigration services from a fragmented, email-bound system into a unified, cloud-powered digital contact centre. By cutting duplicate queries, enabling self-service, and protecting citizens through secure, AI-driven engagement, it’s improved satisfaction, freed staff capacity, and set a scalable model for the wider public sector.

Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO)

The OGCIO migrated gov.ie, Ireland’s all-of-government website, from a legacy Content Management System to the open source Wagtail platform. Over 150,000 assets were migrated. The project improved performance, accessibility, and scalability, reduced operating costs by 75%, and delivered a modern, secure, and efficient solution, on time and within budget.

Central Bank of Ireland

This citizen-centric initiative, developed by the Central Bank and UPU, proactively detects and disrupts unauthorised loan providers. Judges felt that by safeguarding consumers while enhancing operational efficiency, the project delivered significant public value, reinforcing trust, protection, and innovation in financial regulation, and earning distinction as Data Innovation of the Year.

Niall O’Hagan

Niall O’Hagan led the CoreLIMS Project, unifying Northern Ireland’s fragmented pathology systems into a single, modern and agile solution. His visionary leadership delivered measurable improvements in patient care, efficiency, and innovation. Through collaborative, inclusive strategies, he empowered teams, reduced costs, improved outcomes and established a model for healthcare transformation.

Officer of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO)

The Civil Service ICT Apprenticeship Programme, led by the OGCIO, develops public sector digital skills through a dual-education model combining academic learning and workplace experience. Offering streams in software, networking, and cybersecurity, it promotes diversity, supports career progression and builds a scalable, future-ready workforce aligned with Ireland’s digital strategy.

Business Services Organisation

The Business Services Organisation (BSO) NIPACS+ Programme was chosen as it  represents a ground-breaking innovation in healthcare image sharing.  It is a first as it allows much better collaboration with patient medical images capable of being viewed under a single patient record across multiple locations. The system combines cutting-edge cloud architecture and AI, and it reduces duplicate imaging by an incredible 75%. The result is faster, safer diagnoses and improved health outcomes.

Local Government Management Agency

ePlanning demonstrates the power of partnership across 31 local authorities, the LGMA and vendor partners. By uniting expertise and resources, it has transformed a fragmented paper process into a seamless national online service. Throughout this project they have delivered innovation, consistency and impact through true collaboration

Kildare County Council

The Judges felt Kildare County Council’s Grass to Gas project, in collaboration with Maynooth University, exemplified circular economy innovation by converting municipal grass waste into carbon-neutral biomethane. Leveraging satellite imagery, drone technology, and real-time dashboards, the project showcased scalable, sustainable impact, earning recognition as an outstanding contribution to the planet’s future.

Khizer Ahmed Biyabani

Khizer Ahmed Biyabani – Research Assistant in ADAPT Research Ireland Centre and Project Lead of the GenAI Lab. One of the leading young figures of AI in the public sector, Khizer has been pivotal in Dublin City Council’s adoption and implementation of AI, and development of AI use-cases.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Cybersecurity is now recognised as a cornerstone of safeguarding the public services and data that people in Ireland depend on every day. As a critical transport operator for Dublin, Luas has shown leadership by making cybersecurity a strategic and operational priority. Through its recent project, the Luas Operating Team has aligned with industry standards and resilience frameworks, putting in place a cybersecurity and operations strategy that reduces risk, protects key assets, and strengthens public confidence in the reliability of its services.

Smart Docklands

Smart Cities Urban Quest transforms Dublin’s Docklands into a playful, interactive adventure. Combining scavenger hunts with STEM learning, it engages citizens of all ages in discovering how smart technologies shape urban life – making innovation visible, accessible, and fun while fostering digital inclusion and community connection.

Longford County Council

The Longford Microsoft Dream Space Showcase is an annual event where Longford primary schools present coding projects based on Microsoft Ireland’s Dream Space Programme using Microbits. It strengthens their future education and career opportunities. Partnerships with Microsoft, Ericsson, and local council services also connect young people to industry leaders and real-world applications, showing them how technology can shape their communities and futures.

Angela Denning

CEO of the Courts Service