Transform Gov Podcast: Dublin City Council’s AI Lab Explores Real AI Use in Local Government

23 February 2026

A new episode of Transform Gov, the digital government podcast hosted by Maeve Kneafsey, features Khizer Ahmed Biyabani and Richie Shakespeare discussing the ADAPT and Dublin City Council collaborative GenAI Lab how AI is being used inside Dublin City Council.

The conversation looks at how the GenAI Lab acts as a controlled innovation “sandbox”, allowing teams to safely test emerging technologies and explore how AI can support staff workflows and improve services for citizens.

In the episode, the team shares practical examples already underway, from preventing contradictory AI-generated answers to enabling rapid searches of council records dating back to the 1990s. They also discuss training more than 500 staff members and the key lesson emerging so far: most AI success depends on strong data preparation.

Listen on Youtube here.