Art, media, opinion and ideas
I received a letter from SIPO today telling me that they were continuing with their examination of my request for an investigation. I made reply as follows. I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 1st September 2010.
This request for investigation, with accompanying documentation, will arrive with the Standards in Public Office Commission tomorrow or the next day. RequestAn Smaoineamh Mór Limited is a company having its registered office at Arthur Cox Building, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 (Company Record Number 478844). It was registered on the 16th December 2009 with the CRO.
Last month I wrote an article for the Irish Times asking some questions regarding the Your Country Your Call competition. As a result, members of the competition 'Steering Group', including Professor Von Prondzynski, the President of DCU, have elaborated on their previous positions both on those pages and in radio interviews. Some questions have been answered.
In the unlikely event that I wanted to run a national competition offering a cash prize of mysterious origin in exchange for total ownership of an idea of such staggering- almost mystical- potency that it could restore a nation of modern-day serfs to spectacular success, I think I'd have to go into it without a preconception of what that idea would look like.
From Tuesdayoi 23rd March's Dáil record, a Parliamentary Question about Your Country, Your Call.
This is more a question for the media, who have once again embraced the chance to print a 'good news' story.
Your Country, Your Call launched a week ago. Its self description "a competition to ignite your imagination and reward your thinking" might have you scratching your head. Didn't we already go though exactly this already? The Ideas Campaign was an almost identical effort run by PR firm AMAS's Managing Director Aileen O'Toole in March of 2009.
1. Proposal: Introduce a policy of deliberate Professional Negligence in Criminal Defence. 2.
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