Interest from Britain, the US and mainland Europe

Over 1,200 ideas and several thousand messages of support have been pouring into the Ideas Campaign website since our launch on RTE’s Primetime programme on Thursday, 5 March.

In the last five days, more than 16,000 people have visited IdeasCampaign.ie, including a substantial number from Britain, the US and the Continent.

Over 100 organisations, ranging from the Irish Countrywomen’s Association to the American Chamber of Commerce, have pledged their support to the campaign, which has also generated extensive national and local media interest.

The campaign was featured on the front page of Saturday’s Irish Times, and Campaign Director Aileen O’Toole has been interviewed on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Today FM’s The Last Word and several local radio stations.

Tomorrow the Ideas Campaign will name the members of its Advisory Group which will select the best ideas generated by the campaign, for the report that will presented to government.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen has already stated that the Group’s recommendations will be fast-tracked for consideration by the Cabinet’s Sub-Committee on Economic Renewal.

Read what the media have been saying

• New website aims to beat the downturn with bright ideas - The Irish Times
• Ideas Campaign gets off to a flying start - Sunday Business Post
• Social media embraces Ideas Campaign for economic recovery - Silicon Republic

Tags: campaign statistics, Ideas Campaign, RTE, Taoiseach

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 at 7:05 pm and is filed under Ideas Campaign, Messages, News.