From the same thinking that gave you ‘Ireland Inc’, ‘Going Forward’ and ‘Smart Economy’.
‘Your Country, Your Call’
Have €500,000 to “implement” two of of these ideas:
Brody Sweeney : Create a “super brand” to market Irish tourism and food.
Neil Leyden: Ireland to become a global media hub through the creation of an Irish Content Industry Association.
Gordan Hyland: The establishment of an intellectual property-based financial securities market.
Peter Enda Kavanagh: The installation of solar electricity generation panels on existing wind farms.
Cianán Clancy and Colm Mac Fhlannacha: A Data Island Strategy, to build a “world-beating entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem around digital services aimed at positioning Ireland at the forefront of its associated spin-off industries”.
Rejected: Broadsheet’s proposal to pull €50 billion from our assholes.
Contest Winners Announced Tonight (Irish Times)