Edenderry 'Smartened Up' With New Digital Parking, Litter And Air Monitors

Paul Delaney, Sales Director of Cellnex Ireland; and Catriona Hilliard, Broadband/Digital Officer Offaly County Council.

It turns the Offaly town into a leader in Ireland for digital public services.

Edenderry has been 'smartened up' as part of a new digital venture.

Sensors which monitor the likes of parking, air quality and building management, have been rolled out across the town, in a project dubbed "e-denderry".

It's been developed by the Cellnex, which provides wireless infrastructure around Europe.

Sales Director Paul Delaney says sensors will also help Offaly County Council with bin collections:

The developers behind the digitalisation says it'll boost efficiency and tourism in the town.

25 sensors have been installed in the town - they don't contain any cameras and are compliant with GDPR.

It's a pilot programme that Cellnex hopes to roll out in other parts of Ireland in the coming years.

Broadband / Digital Officer with Offaly County Council, Catríona Hilliard says they want to improve the spaces and places around Edenderry:

 

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