April 10th, 2009
The latest sample of ideas received since the campaign’s launch
Agriculture and food
A huge investment in the forestry sector could provide thousands of jobs all over the country, in particular the western half of the country.
Ireland has the most ideal conditions for growing trees in all of Europe, better than those of Norway and Sweden; both countries have big forestry industries which represent a large proportion of their national export income.
Great Britain is the main buyer of timber from Scandinavia - our next door neighbours! An advanced timber industry in Eire would be home grown, renewable, and good for the environment, and it is not an industry that will be shipped to a cheaper economy when costs rise. I believe it’s a win win!
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April 9th, 2009
The latest sample of ideas received since campaign launch
Agriculture and food
Allow more abattoirs to be open. There are very few abattoirs in Ireland; they were forced to close down due to policy.
Butchers currently have to purchase their raw material from large factories. The raw material sourced by factories is not always home grown. By opening abattoirs we are encouraging butchers to operate in small villages and towns, therefore:
- Creating employment and encouraging farmers to keep producing quality products for a fair price
- Sustaining jobs on Irish farms and encouraging young people to maintain this lifestyle and reducing the amount of food being imported
- Reducing air miles
- Encouraging people to buy Irish
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April 8th, 2009
The latest sample of ideas received since campaign launch
Agriculture and food
Wool is an underdeveloped resource in this country. That sheep have fleeces seems not have been noticed since quite some time by the Department of Agriculture.
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April 8th, 2009
The Ideas Campaign has received ideas from as far afield as Afghanistan, China, Canada, Ethiopia, and Montserrat in the Caribbean.
The campaign also has a worldwide Twitter following, from California and Vancouver to the Netherlands, Turkey, Australia, Athens and the UK.
One tweet came in Spanish from a person in the Canary Islands saying that they could do with an Ideas Campaign there. It was followed by an email with the subject line “Fantastic Campaign and can we borrow it in Scotland?”
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April 7th, 2009
The latest sample of ideas received since campaign launch
Agriculture and food
A new organisation with a proposed name of PLANT. Standing for: Plant Land And New Trees.
A “can do” voluntary organisation for three categories: Ordinary environmentally concerned citizens, the same in land owners, and the same in tree nursery growers.
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April 6th, 2009
The latest sample of ideas received since campaign launch
Culture
It is great that Ireland can copy the “core competencies” of other developed nations (e.g. excel in “manufacturing” like Japan or the USA). However, this adds economic vulnerability, as recent times have shown, as manufacturers constantly seek lower cost countries for their new base.
Ireland should develop its own competency which cannot be outsourced. Ultimately, when everyone is done with the working day worldwide, they then seek leisure and the arts. Ireland should keep its economic diversity, but should focus on a national core competency.
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April 3rd, 2009
The Ideas Campaign - latest sample of ideas received since campaign launch
Culture
An Ghaeilge, the Irish language, is a wholly under-utilized resource in this country today. It is under-utilized in packaging or as a “guaranteed Irish” emblem on the food and goods we produce.
It is under-utilised in the way we project our cultural image in tourism or as the key to our natural heritage and history.
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April 3rd, 2009
The deadline for ideas submissions closed on 31 March 2009.
Where else to contribute
If you missed our deadline but still have a good idea to share, don’t forget that there are several other ongoing initiatives that broadly share the same aim as us - tapping into the people’s ideas for rebuilding the Irish economy.
These sites that are currently gathering ideas online include:
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April 2nd, 2009
The Ideas Campaign - latest sample of ideas received since campaign launch
All island economy
My idea is for urban workers on rural farms to operate a match-making service to pair urban dwellers with rural farmers, where the dweller will receive a patch of land to grow food and will provide assistance (work, company, etc) to these farmers who live in isolation, with little prospect of handing on their business to the next generation. Kind of like a resurgence of the rural resettlement Ireland campaign of the 80s/90s.
Continue reading batch #17
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April 2nd, 2009
A total of 5,284 ideas were logged on the Ideas Campaign’s website between the campaign launch on 5 March and 31 March, the deadline for this phase of the campaign. One of the ideas in particular was covered on yesterday’s Six One News on RTÉ 1.
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