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IReL is an e-resource licensing consortium for Irish HEIs and leads Ireland's ORCID and DataCite consortia, and the National OA Monitor. https://irel.ie/
From 1st January 2026, IReL’s new one-year agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) will provide read-only access to ACS. Unfortunately, despite extensive negotiations,an agreement on pricing and terms for OA publishing could not be reached. Read our full statement: irel.ie/acs-readonly...
ACS Read-Only Agreement for 2026 – IReL
IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
From 1st January 2026, IReL’s new one-year agreement with the American Chemical Society (ACS) will provide read-only access to ACS. Unfortunately, despite extensive negotiations,an agreement on pricing and terms for OA publishing could not be reached. Read our full statement: irel.ie/acs-readonly...
The @ec.europa.eu has launched a public consultation on the European Research Area (ERA) Act, and they want to hear from research and innovation communities, including higher education, training institutions, & research performing organisations. Have your say before 23 January: tinyurl.com/7x2b2xkk
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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January 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
The @ec.europa.eu has launched a public consultation on the European Research Area (ERA) Act, and they want to hear from research and innovation communities, including higher education, training institutions, & research performing organisations. Have your say before 23 January: tinyurl.com/7x2b2xkk
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We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy & peaceful Christmas break, & to thank you for all your support and collaboration throughout the year. A reminder that we will be closed for the holidays from the evening of Friday 19th December 2025,reopening on Monday 5th January 2026.
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy & peaceful Christmas break, & to thank you for all your support and collaboration throughout the year. A reminder that we will be closed for the holidays from the evening of Friday 19th December 2025,reopening on Monday 5th January 2026.
It’s been a landmark year for IReL. You can read all about how we continue to transform the Irish research landscape in our Executive Report here:
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mu.foleon.com/irel-report/... #OpenAccess #OA #ResearchIreland @deptoffhed.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @iua-official.bsky.social
Welcome - IReL Executive Report 2024-25
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December 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It’s been a landmark year for IReL. You can read all about how we continue to transform the Irish research landscape in our Executive Report here:
mu.foleon.com/irel-report/... #OpenAccess #OA #ResearchIreland @deptoffhed.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @iua-official.bsky.social
mu.foleon.com/irel-report/... #OpenAccess #OA #ResearchIreland @deptoffhed.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @iua-official.bsky.social
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy & peaceful Christmas break, & to thank you for all your support and collaboration throughout the year. A reminder that we will be closed for the holidays from the evening of Friday 19th December 2025,reopening on Monday 5th January 2026.
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy & peaceful Christmas break, & to thank you for all your support and collaboration throughout the year. A reminder that we will be closed for the holidays from the evening of Friday 19th December 2025,reopening on Monday 5th January 2026.
IReL is delighted to announce the renewal of its five-journal #ReadAndPublish agreement with @biologists.bsky.social. Building on the success of our previous partnerships, we have signed a new agreement that will run from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028: irel.ie/the-company-... #OpenAccess
The Company of Biologists Read & Publish Agreement Renewed for Three Years – IReL
IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
IReL is delighted to announce the renewal of its five-journal #ReadAndPublish agreement with @biologists.bsky.social. Building on the success of our previous partnerships, we have signed a new agreement that will run from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028: irel.ie/the-company-... #OpenAccess
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We're delighted to announce an agreement with @irelibrary.bsky.social, which gives researchers, staff and students at 18 participating IReL member institutions access to our complete collection of #journals and allows affiliated authors to publish their research #OA in our journals at no extra cost.
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We're delighted to announce an agreement with @irelibrary.bsky.social, which gives researchers, staff and students at 18 participating IReL member institutions access to our complete collection of #journals and allows affiliated authors to publish their research #OA in our journals at no extra cost.
Welcome to the final newsletter of 2025 from the Irish Research eLibrary, where we discuss the latest updates for our 2026 publishing deals, Christmas opening hours, and more!
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December 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the final newsletter of 2025 from the Irish Research eLibrary! Here, we’ll recap on some of our news from the last few months, and share some forthcoming events of interest. Christmas Openi...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Welcome to the final newsletter of 2025 from the Irish Research eLibrary, where we discuss the latest updates for our 2026 publishing deals, Christmas opening hours, and more!
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Open Repositories Ireland has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. ORI, launched in December 2024 under the NORF Open Research Fund, is led by the @uniofgalway.bsky.social & a consortium of partners irel.ie/strengthenin...
Strengthening Open Repository Collaboration in Ireland – IReL
IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Open Repositories Ireland has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. ORI, launched in December 2024 under the NORF Open Research Fund, is led by the @uniofgalway.bsky.social & a consortium of partners irel.ie/strengthenin...
Congratulations to @unioflimerick.bsky.social who has just subscribed to Central European University Press' Opening the Future programme via IReL! Our members have access to a range of opt-in Diamond OA offers:
ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/161/ @weareceu.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Congratulations to @unioflimerick.bsky.social who has just subscribed to Central European University Press' Opening the Future programme via IReL! Our members have access to a range of opt-in Diamond OA offers:
ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/161/ @weareceu.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social
ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/161/ @weareceu.bsky.social @openingthefuture.bsky.social
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Happy to announce @unioflimerick.bsky.social has supported @ceu-press.bsky.social's OtF programme, after it was hosted by @irelibrary.bsky.social. We and the Press are really grateful to both the library at Limerick, and to IReL for facilitating this! ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/161/
Opening the Future
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December 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Happy to announce @unioflimerick.bsky.social has supported @ceu-press.bsky.social's OtF programme, after it was hosted by @irelibrary.bsky.social. We and the Press are really grateful to both the library at Limerick, and to IReL for facilitating this! ceup.openingthefuture.net/news/161/
Munster Technological University (@mtu.ie) has officially joined the @datacite.org consortium through IReL! This partnership enables researchers to register DOIs for datasets & other research outputs, ensuring greater visibility, accessibility, and impact. Learn more about it here: irel.ie/datacite/
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Munster Technological University (@mtu.ie) has officially joined the @datacite.org consortium through IReL! This partnership enables researchers to register DOIs for datasets & other research outputs, ensuring greater visibility, accessibility, and impact. Learn more about it here: irel.ie/datacite/
IReL held a workshop entitled "The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities & Practice",as part of #NORFest2025 which took place in @ria.ie on 7th November. You can read the full report on the workshop here: zenodo.org/records/1777...
@norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest
@norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest
The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice - Workshop Report
Report on the workshop titled: The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice, which was held during National Open Research Festival (NORFest) and took place ...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
IReL held a workshop entitled "The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities & Practice",as part of #NORFest2025 which took place in @ria.ie on 7th November. You can read the full report on the workshop here: zenodo.org/records/1777...
@norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest
@norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest
The Our Future Memory Movement has just announced IReL’s support of the Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions. IReL's Governance Committee has also given its support to the Statement: tinyurl.com/2fat2z4c #OurFutureMemory #InternetArchive
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Our Future Memory Movement has just announced IReL’s support of the Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions. IReL's Governance Committee has also given its support to the Statement: tinyurl.com/2fat2z4c #OurFutureMemory #InternetArchive
We are pleased to announce that from January 2026, Ireland’s Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology will be joining IReL’s agreement with @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social! Read more: irel.ie/tus-and-iots...
TUs and IOTs join IReL-Emerald agreement – IReL
IReL is a consortium of Irish research libraries, providing access to licensed e-resources, OA publishing agreements, and open science infrastructure.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We are pleased to announce that from January 2026, Ireland’s Technological Universities and Institutes of Technology will be joining IReL’s agreement with @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social! Read more: irel.ie/tus-and-iots...
We’re thrilled to welcome the announcement of INSPIRE, a major step forward in strengthening Ireland’s research ecosystem. Launched today by James Lawless TD, Minister for @deptoffhed.bsky.social, the Working Group report underscores the critical role of IReL as foundational research infrastructure.
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome the announcement of INSPIRE, a major step forward in strengthening Ireland’s research ecosystem. Launched today by James Lawless TD, Minister for @deptoffhed.bsky.social, the Working Group report underscores the critical role of IReL as foundational research infrastructure.
We are delighted to share the IReL Executive Report for 2024/25 in this latest edition of our newsletter! Subscribe to receive it directly into your inbox every month.
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November 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the monthly newsletter from the Irish Research eLibrary! Here, we’ll recap on some of our news from the last few months, and share some forthcoming events of interest. Read the IReL Executi...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We are delighted to share the IReL Executive Report for 2024/25 in this latest edition of our newsletter! Subscribe to receive it directly into your inbox every month.
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Great blog post here from @openaire.bsky.social on our packed workshop at #NORFest2025, which brought together librarians, data stewards, and #OpenScience practitioners to shape the next phase of Ireland’s #OpenResearch monitoring! @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest
NORFEST 2025 gathered a full room of Ireland’s research community to align on the future of Open Research Monitoring.
The new blog post explores the themes, insights, and next steps shaping this national effort.
🔗Full story here:
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The new blog post explores the themes, insights, and next steps shaping this national effort.
🔗Full story here:
www.openaire.eu/community/bl...
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Great blog post here from @openaire.bsky.social on our packed workshop at #NORFest2025, which brought together librarians, data stewards, and #OpenScience practitioners to shape the next phase of Ireland’s #OpenResearch monitoring! @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest
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1/ cOAlition S announces its 2026–2030 strategy, guided by a refreshed, shared vision: a scholarly communication system that enables rapid, open, transparent & equitable sharing of trustworthy scientific knowledge.
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#OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
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#OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
1/ cOAlition S announces its 2026–2030 strategy, guided by a refreshed, shared vision: a scholarly communication system that enables rapid, open, transparent & equitable sharing of trustworthy scientific knowledge.
www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-...
#OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
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#OpenScience #ScholarlyComm #Plan_S #OpenAccess
Some very interesting insights emerging at this afternoon's #NORFest2025 workshop on public engagement with @engagedroadmap.bsky.social @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest #CitizenScience
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Some very interesting insights emerging at this afternoon's #NORFest2025 workshop on public engagement with @engagedroadmap.bsky.social @norfireland.bsky.social #NORFest #CitizenScience
IReL is kicking off Friday's #NORFest2025 sessions, with a full house for a workshop on "The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice" - with presentations from @openaire.bsky.social, @sonrai.bsky.social, ABOARD, & MOSS-I @norfireland.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
IReL is kicking off Friday's #NORFest2025 sessions, with a full house for a workshop on "The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice" - with presentations from @openaire.bsky.social, @sonrai.bsky.social, ABOARD, & MOSS-I @norfireland.bsky.social
Closing out Day 1 of #NORFest2025 with a panel on #OpenResearch for innovation, with (L-R): Joy Owango of TCC Africa, Kalpana Shankar of ROCHE, Aedin Culhane of the Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre, Lautaro Matas of LA Referencia, & Clare Dillon of @openirelandnetwork.bsky.social.
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Closing out Day 1 of #NORFest2025 with a panel on #OpenResearch for innovation, with (L-R): Joy Owango of TCC Africa, Kalpana Shankar of ROCHE, Aedin Culhane of the Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre, Lautaro Matas of LA Referencia, & Clare Dillon of @openirelandnetwork.bsky.social.
Happening now at #NORFest2025: A panel discussion on Connecting Research Security, Academic Freedom, and Research Integrity in an Open Research Environment - with Senator Laura Harmon, Franklin van der Hoeven, TU Delft, Pádraig Carmody, @tcddublin.bsky.social, and Maura Hiney, @ucddublin.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happening now at #NORFest2025: A panel discussion on Connecting Research Security, Academic Freedom, and Research Integrity in an Open Research Environment - with Senator Laura Harmon, Franklin van der Hoeven, TU Delft, Pádraig Carmody, @tcddublin.bsky.social, and Maura Hiney, @ucddublin.bsky.social
Today also marks Day 2 of the #HEAnet Conference in Killarney. IReL Open Scholarship Officer Bridie O'Neill will be giving a lightning talk later on the @norfireland.bsky.social Strategy and Roadmap for #PersistentIdentifiers.
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#PIDs @lirheanet.bsky.social
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#PIDs @lirheanet.bsky.social
Thursday 6th November — HEAnet '25 Conference
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November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Today also marks Day 2 of the #HEAnet Conference in Killarney. IReL Open Scholarship Officer Bridie O'Neill will be giving a lightning talk later on the @norfireland.bsky.social Strategy and Roadmap for #PersistentIdentifiers.
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#PIDs @lirheanet.bsky.social
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#PIDs @lirheanet.bsky.social
We're at #NORFest2025 at the @ria.ie, which has just been opened by William Beausang, Assistant Secretary General, Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science @deptoffhed.bsky.social @norfireland.bsky.social #OpenScience #OpenResearch #NORFest
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We're at #NORFest2025 at the @ria.ie, which has just been opened by William Beausang, Assistant Secretary General, Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science @deptoffhed.bsky.social @norfireland.bsky.social #OpenScience #OpenResearch #NORFest