Articles By: valueireland

Status Report of the Global Irish Economic Forum

I wrote about the Global Irish Economic Forum back around the time it was hosted, Diaspora, schmiaspora! How about the chickens who [...]

What did you do for World Consumers Day?

Yesterday was World Consumers Day. Personally, I wouldn’t have known about it except for someone forwarded to me a Consumers Association of [...]

A clip from the first ever Dempseys Den – bright jumper included

This video, from YouTube, is apparently the first ever episode of Dempseys Den. The jumper (I can’t call it a woolly jumper [...]

Remember the mad jumpers on Dempseys Den? A 1980s entrepreneurs story

I’ve written in the past about the fact that as I was growing up, my parents ran their own business in Mayo.
The [...]

Idea generating campaigns disconnect – Having ideas versus having a vision

I wrote a fair bit last week, and yesterday as well, about the new ideas generating campaign that’s currently ongoing here in [...]

Consumers Association Chief Executive advocates buying British, not Irish

I had to read this recent story in the Evening Herald, Lidl bargain sets Irish stores meaty challenge, a few times before [...]

Nominated for a 2010 Irish Blog Award – Thank you

I’m very happy to report that ValueIreland.com has been nominated for a 2010 Irish Blog Award.
I’d like to very much thank all [...]

Your Country, Your Call – are there good ideas hidden in the hundreds of submissions made already?

Over three days last week, I wrote about this years ideas generating campaign, Your Country, Your Call. And yes, I have been [...]

The Real Problem with Idea Generating Campaigns

When I first read about the aims of the countries current idea generating campaign, Your Country, Your Call, I was particularly drawn [...]

Ideas Campaign and Your Country, Your Call – deja vu all over again

I was quite sceptical of the original Ideas Campaign when it kicked off in March last year – with concerns which proved [...]