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From January 2013 Ireland has taken over the EU Presidency: what will this mean for Open Access policy?

Ireland already has considerable expertise in developing Open Access to publicly funded research, aligned with international thinking and initiatives, and is now seeking to strengthen its approach to support international developments on Open Access led by the European Commission, Science Europe and other international agencies.

Ireland has announced a National Open Access Policy

Ireland has announced a National Open Access Policy

Peer reviewed journal articles and other research outputs resulting in whole or in part from publicly-funded research should be deposited in an Open Access repository and made publicly discoverable, accessible and re-usable as soon as possible and on an on-going basis. 

The national principles are planned to effective from January 2013.