Welcome
Census 2011 Update: New Northern Ireland Census 2011 Mapping Tool online here
The All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO) is a research unit and spatial data portal focused on improving evidence informed planning in Ireland.
AIRO collects, analyses and provides evidence and tools to support better planning and decision making. The key strengths behind the AIRO team are mapping, data analytics and visualisation, policy advice, research and training.
AIRO actively works to maximise the usage and benefit of publicly funded and readily available datasets in Ireland as well as highlighting the benefits of proper collection, management and dissemination of datasets across different organisations.
AIRO seeks to produce all-island, spatial datasets and specialist tools to aid their analysis and to undertake academic and applied mapping research. AIRO aims to act as a single point of access to a wide variety of spatial data and information about the various regions of Ireland. The intended audience of this site are planners, policy makers, researchers and those interested in gaining an understanding of the dynamics that are shaping the island of Ireland today.
Feature Viz - New Car Registrations EU27,1991-2012
Featured Projects
Delineating Functional Territories
Delineating Functional Territories Research Project
Spatial policy in Ireland, as set out in the National Spatial Strategy (NSS), places a strong emphasis on the exploitation of complementarity, both among urban centres and between urban and rural areas, in order to achieve the ‘critical mass’ which the NSS sees as a vital prerequisite for sustainable and balanced development.
Ireland After Nama
http://irelandafternama.wordpress.com/Much of the research AIRO and NIRSA members are undertaking is disseminated and discussed on the IrelandafterNama blog. Log on to view lots of interesting posts, maps and data visualisations. Site Stats November 2010......Posts: 234, Comments: 1,065 Views: 130,076
Ireland after NAMA was established after a one day symposium held in NUI Maynooth, on November 23rd, 2009, entitled ‘Geography after NAMA’.
ESPON Ireland and Projects
About ESPON
The ESPON 2007-2013 Programme, the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion, was adopted by the European Commission on 7 November 2007. ESPON is a transnational planning and related research programme.
The Atlas of the Island of Ireland
The Atlas of the Island of Ireland - Mapping Social and Economic Change
Mapping Social Inclusion
The overall aim of our research is to highlight the potential of mapping social inclusion data at a local level to improve decision making, planning and monitoring. To date government departments have yet to develop proper and integrated data management systems and as a result planners and researchers are unable to benefit from the detail that is held within administrative datasets.
Latest News
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Residential Property Prices - April 2013 With the recent release of CSO Residential Property Price Index data AIRO has continued its series of interactive visualisations which track and... |
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HTML Migration – Local Authority Mapping Modules Here at AIRO we have begun the process of migrating all of our Instant Atlas mapping... |
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Exchequer Tax Receipts from 2000-2012 AIRO have developed an interactive graphic showing Exchequer Tax Receipts from 2000-2012 as reported by the Department of Finance. The data... |
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Irish Prison Service Annual Report Data - Interactive 2007-2012
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Petrol Prices by Country 2008-2013 Fuel prices have been steadily on the rise in Ireland since a dip in late 2008. As one of the single largest expenses people are faced with,... |
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Events
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Planning Reform on the Island of Ireland: From Policy to PRACTICE With the impending transfer of statutory planning functions from central government to new councils in Northern Ireland in 2015 under the Review... |
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Eighth Annual ICLRD Conference Please join us for our Eighth Annual ICLRD conference entitled Cooperating Across Boundaries: Resilience, Imagination, Vision and Information. As... |
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Visualising Data - Coming to Maynooth 19th Nov On the 19th of November Andy Kirk of Visualising Data visits Maynooth to give a one day introduction to data visualisation. Spaces are still... |
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GIS Ireland 2012, 11th October GIS Ireland 2012 will take place at the Charterted Accountants House on the 11th October 2012. Over the coming months a call for papers and... |
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4th International Conference on Ocean Energy, 17-19th October 2012 The 4th International Conference & Exhibition on Ocean Energy is takin place at The Convention Centre Dublin on Wednesday 17th - Friday 19th... |
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