Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. This partnership was formalised in September when Aaron Binchy, IReL’s Open Access Monitor Officer, assumed coordination duties for ORI. Both initiatives, rooted in NORF recommendations, aim to unify Ireland’s open research infrastructure and advance […]
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NORFest 2025 Workshop Report
IReL held a workshop entitled “The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice“, as part National Open Research Festival (NORFest) and took place in the Royal Irish Academy. This workshop focused on open research monitoring in Ireland and explored possibilities for the next phase of community engagement around national monitoring infrastructure. […]
Read More →TUs and IOTs join IReL-Emerald agreement
We are pleased to announce that from January 2026, Ireland’s Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology will be joining IReL’s agreement with Emerald Group Publishing. This will give their staff and students access to Emerald’s Premier journal collection and allow them to publish an uncapped number of open access articles in the journals without publication […]
Read More →IReL Executive Report 2024/25
We are pleased to publish IReL’s Executive Report 2024/2025, which showcases IReL’s activities and achievements in the past year. Ireland’s future depends on our ability to harness knowledge, curiosity, and collaboration. IReL plays a vital role in enabling that future – by providing researchers, educators, and students with access to world-class scholarly resources. As Minister, […]
Read More →Vacancy – IReL Officer (Specified Purpose Contract)
IReL is seeking to appoint an IReL Officer who will work with publishers, IReL member libraries and IReL colleagues to negotiate and manage a large number of IReL’s license agreements with publishers, and ensure that these agreements meet IReL’s Principles for Negotiations. Salary Scale: €45,792– €64,302 p.a. (Assistant Librarian – Grade II) This a full-time, […]
Read More →Appointment of Open Access Monitor Officer
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Aaron Binchy as our new Open Access Monitor Officer, effective from 1st September. Aaron has been working at IReL as Licensing Officer since 2017, and has been the interim project manager for the National Open Access Monitor since 2024. In this new role, he will oversee the […]
Read More →IReL Reaches Milestone of 10,000 Open Access Publications
IReL has reached a major milestone in its commitment to open research and publishing transparency in enabling over 10,000 Irish research articles to be published open access, and in contributing data on them to OpenAPC. The latest data, as highlighted by this visual from OpenAPC, reveals that a total of 10,382 articles have been supported […]
Read More →IReL Persistent Identifiers Webinar – Programme
We are happy to share the programme for our forthcoming PID Community Webinar, which takes place on Wednesday, 30th July from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm (Irish Time). The webinar will feature presentations from consortium members sharing their experiences with ORCID and DataCite integration, along with insights from PID organisation providers. Our goal is to […]
Read More →Project Support Officer joins IReL team
IReL is delighted to welcome Kyle Adams to the team. Kyle has been appointed Project Support Officer and is joining us from Perrett Laver where he worked as a Research Associate. In this new role, Kyle will support the administration and execution of a broad range of activities, centred around the development and expansion of […]
Read More →IReL Principles for Negotiations
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new IReL Principles for Negotiations. In light of evolving policy and emerging international consensus, the IReL Advisory Committee has reviewed and redrafted IReL’s principles. This process has been informed not only by international discussions but also by feedback from stakeholders and the hands-on experience of the […]
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