Our Oifigeach Gaeilge, Amy Uí Riordáin, recently attended the first PLURILINGMEDIA conference in Warsaw, exploring how digital media shapes the future of minority languages. Here are her reflections from this gathering of researchers, practitioners, and content creators. – My Warsaw adventure began in the early hours of Wednesday, December 3rd, Read more
I’m pleased to share that Wikimedia Community Ireland has signed the Open Heritage Statement launched by Creative Commons and the TAROCH Coalition. The Open Heritage Statement, a global call to action launched by Creative Commons and the TAROCH Coalition (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage) and now open for Read more
As Autumn crept in, the judging process for Wiki Loves Earth 2025 was a wonderful reminiscence of summer with its life and lushness in the wilds of the island of Ireland. After much deliberation on behalf of our fabulous judging panel, we are happy to announce the winners of Wiki Read more
On July 14th, Wikimedia Community Ireland hosted a Rising Voices Digital Activism Workshop for 20 participants at the National Library of Ireland. Léigh an post seo i nGaeilge anseo. Those in attendance included a range of stakeholders from the Irish language media and technology community. We were joined by educators, Read more
This June, our Oifigeach Gaeilge hosted a Wiki Summer Camp for young people at Waterford Youth Centre. From photo walks to coding, read on to find out what they got up to! Leagan Gaeilge English Version Reáchtáladh Campa Vicipéide samhraidh do dhaoine óga idir 13 agus Read more
We’re thrilled to share our Strategic Plan for 2025 – 2030, which we have discussed and refined together as a community and finally voted into action. The plan gives a comprehensive overview of our initiatives and plans for the next five years. It also outlines our future directions. The Wikimedia Read more
We are delighted to be partnering with Ulster Wildlife Wiki Loves Earth 2025. Ulster Wildlife aims to protect and restore nature on land and at sea. They strive to play their part in ending the climate and ecological emergencies, and advocate for a society where nature is valued and is Read more
10 years ago, Ireland said YES. In May 2015, over 1.2 million people voted to make love equal. With a landslide result, Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote. It was a moment of collective joy and hard-won justice – a turning Read more
We’re thrilled to bring you the national winners of Wiki Loves Folklore Ireland 2025! This year, we had 254 entries overall, which meant our wonderful judges had their work cut out for them. You can take a look at all the entries here. You can see that we had a Read more
Calling all photographers and nature enthusiasts in Ireland! Wikimedia Community Ireland is delighted to open the Wiki Loves Earth 2025, international photo competition on May 1st. Dedicated to documenting our stunning natural heritage, the competition covers the whole island of Ireland (the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) in collaboration Read more