diff --git a/utils/log/LogService.module.ts b/utils/log/LogService.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd7332bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/log/LogService.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { NgModule }            from '@angular/core';
+import { CommonModule }        from '@angular/common';
+import { FormsModule }         from '@angular/forms';
+import {LogService} from "./log.service";
+
+
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    CommonModule, FormsModule,
+
+  ],
+  declarations: [
+
+  ],
+  providers: [ LogService ],
+  exports: [
+
+    ]
+})
+export class LogServiceModule { }
diff --git a/utils/log/log.service.ts b/utils/log/log.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..216e0931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/log/log.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import {HttpClient} from "@angular/common/http";
+import {EnvProperties} from '../properties/env-properties';
+import {Injectable} from "@angular/core";
+
+export abstract class Log{
+  action:string;
+  message:string;
+  protected constructor(action, message){
+    this.action =action;
+    this.message = message;
+  }
+}
+
+export class LinkLog extends Log{
+  constructor() {
+    super("linking","a user linked");
+  }
+}
+
+export class OrcidLinkLog extends Log{
+  constructor( action:'added'|'removed', title: string, doi: string) {
+    super("orcid-claim","user with ORCID iD " + action + " research product \"" + title+ "\" (" + doi + ") " + (action == 'added'?'to':'from')
+      + " their ORCID record.");
+  }
+}
+
+export class UploadLog extends Log{
+  constructor(dois:number) {
+    super("upload-dois","a user uploaded a list of " + dois +" DOIs to the Irish Monitor to check their presence and retrieve the Open Access types and additional key metadata");
+  }
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class LogService {
+  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {
+  }
+
+   logUploadDOIs(properties: EnvProperties, dois:number){
+     return this.http.post(properties.logFilesService, new UploadLog(dois) );
+   }
+  logLink(properties: EnvProperties){
+    return this.http.post(properties.logFilesService, new LinkLog() );
+  }
+  logOrcidLink(properties: EnvProperties,  action:'added'|'removed', title: string, doi: string){
+    return this.http.post(properties.logFilesService, new OrcidLinkLog(action, title, doi) );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/utils/properties/env-properties.ts b/utils/properties/env-properties.ts
index 36c25353..92eb3c2a 100644
--- a/utils/properties/env-properties.ts
+++ b/utils/properties/env-properties.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ export interface EnvProperties {
   eoscDataTransferLoginUrl?;
   eoscDataTransferDestinations?;
   hasMachineCache?: boolean;
+
+//  irish
+  logFilesPath?:string;
+  logServiceUrl?:string;
 }
 
 export function checkPropertyValues(properties:EnvProperties){