Just a few words before you read these. Some of the proposals aren’t too bad in their own right but they reveal the true intentions of the people behind Your Country Your Call. The vast majority are absolutely awful and wouldn’t make it past a kindergarten competition.
Five of the proposals are Dublin specific, now I have no issue with that except that no other place in Ireland is specifically mentioned in any of the other proposals. Isn’t it meant to be for Ireland and not just one city?
The most important thing to understand is that I hold my accusation to be true that the organisers fully intended this competition to result in them lobbying the government with your money. Every one of the semi finalists require a lot more than the €500,000 they said was on offer. In some cases the proposals would cost tens, if not hundreds of millions.
And with that jump right into the steaming pile of shite that is the Your Country Your Call semi-finalists.
Ireland as an Online Gaming Jurisdiction
Ireland – the world’s first fully regulated jurisdiction for interactive online gaming and gambling
An International Healthcare Services Centre (IHSC)
Develop Ireland as a Cloud Computing Centre of Excellence – to be leveraged accordingly
Global Academic Research Hub and Incubation Institute into Green Energy and Climate Change Control
Green Ireland – a new brand for developing Irish Food and Tourism
Academic Pathway — attract international students to Ireland
Make Ireland a Global Media Hub
Apple Media Center – Mobile Device Research & Media
Establishing an Intellectual Property (IP) backed financial securities market in Ireland
District of Communications and Knowledge – The DOCK has landed!
Water Cycle Sustainability and the Reuse of Water in Dublin
Installation of solar PV electricty generation on existing windfarm sites
A New Bio-Energy Market for Ireland
Yeats Institute Of Language And Culture
The Data Island – Green Mega Data Centres and Analytics Innovation Hubs
Exporting International Tertiary Education
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