The Ideas Campaign created a buzz not just in Ireland, but around the world. The campaign was followed by Irish people living abroad, by bloggers and also by mainstream media.

Here are the facts:

Chinese blogs pick up on the campaign

• In March, people from 116 countries visited the website, and social media - our presence on sites like Facebook and Twitter - also helped to build awareness internationally
• International traffic represented almost 17% of the total
• Two-thirds of the ideas logged on the site from abroad came from Irish-born people
• The UK was the largest source of international traffic, representing almost 6% of the total, followed by the US at 3%
• Chinese visitors, particularly its bloggers, showed a lot of interest in the campaign and were ranked as the 15th largest source of international traffic
• The campaign has also had media interest from the US, the UK and mainland Europe. One example of this coverage was a prominent news story from Euractiv.com, the independent media portal fully dedicated to EU affairs. Read the story now