The country's largest environmental conference opens in Dublin today with the unveiling of a new online map that breaks down environmental data into regions and suburbs.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has devised the website, is describing the interactive map as similar to sites such as Google Earth - but with an Irish environmental focus.
Entitled ENVision, the site provides environmental maps with EPA data on aspects such as air and water quality and waste facilities across Ireland.
EPA director general Mary Kelly said the ENVision map acted "as a window to the environment".
"This new online viewer is the culmination of extensive work by EPA staff on geographic information systems and layers of underlying data to provide the public with a 'what's in my backyard?' view of EPA data."
It also provide more technical data such as oil and subsoils maps completed by Teagasc and the European Environment Agency landcover data for Ireland.
Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley announced the website this morning at the conference at the Burlington Hotel, which will host over 300 delegates over next two days.
Under the heading Towards 2020: The Environment in Ireland's Future, experts and academics will debate the challenges facing Ireland and what can be done to tackle them.
The conference will focus on issues such as climate change, sustainable development, the environmental impact of transport and water-resource management.