Prof Suzi Jarvis of the *Innovation Academy, UCD says that if we are to create a sustainable economy and a stable society for Ireland then we need to provide ‘on the ground’ supports for people in rural communities to create ideas, spot opportunities and to develop enterprises which will support local employment and wealth creation.
I recently met someone who is getting married and they’ve decided to have the wedding ceremony in the United States because a sibling of one of the couple is an ‘illegal’ in the USA and could not return home if the wedding was held in Ireland. It brings to mind that, apart from his somewhat
Print and broadcast editors and producers have always acted as a sort-of public interest authority, deciding on a daily basis what the public get to read and hear. Only in exceptional circumstances does the State define the public interest. Think, for example, of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act which prevented Sinn Féin and IRA