The Global Irish Econmic Forum took place over the weekend. A number of video clips and views from forum attendees are available online.
Please feel free to add your comments and thoughts below, as David is keen on reading them.
Audio/Video clips of the conference on RTE.ie
David McW: I have just watched Saturday’s plenary session on RTE website and wanted to register my thanks for your efforts in making this event happen and congrats on your MC performance, which was excellent. I was much taken by the obvious consensus of the gathering to play their part in ‘team Ireland’ and desire to pull the country out of its mess. I was impressed by the careful constructiveness of Michael Martin, Denis O’Brien and Dermot Desmond, all of whom had been big players in creating the boom mentality in the first place. In retrospect I think that a… Read more »
It’s a comfort to know that a good idea is not lost, regardless of where it comes from David.
I’m really not won over on this whole idea of a “diaspora”, being dragged in to do what we have avoided doing during the last 20 years in Ireland, which is innovate and create opportunities FOR OURSELVES… At every juncture, we seem to want others to do the heavy lifting for us, be it US multinationals and their FDI, or here we are now expecting distant Irish people living abroad, to clean up our mess for us, while we will sit back as Paddy will do, and vote in sh*t politicans again and again and again??? I’m convinced David that… Read more »
Positive before the forum, and positive after it. A new humility, a willingness to listen and learn, and the possibility of opening doors to a new mindset. A defined approach that paves the way for a plan of action with key cornerstones essential to make it work: 1. Feasible proposals must be produced. 2. Government to seriously review proposals and put support structures in place where feasible. 3. Action plans to be ‘project managed’ start to finish. 4. Mutual benefit and inclusiveness to be integral to the philosophy. 5. Mutual benefit to be communicated outwards to the general public in… Read more »
I liked the the logic behind it and look forward to seeing the outputs. I was happy to hear the strong emphasis on doing stuff, rather than just talking, so fingers crossed you guys managed to get some actions (with people’s names beside them!) agreed upon. I was dissapointed by how closed off it was, I would have loved to see a live feed or extended discussion online. I noticed that the idea of a website/portal was floated and gained some traction, so I put together this site on Saturday afternoon – http://www.IrishDiasporaNetwork.com I’m not proposing that it could be… Read more »
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Expecting the Irish “diaspora”, many of whom were forced out of Ireland in the first place by a lack of opportunity, to come back and/or clean up the mess we created in their absence, is a bit rich. Many good friends of mine were left in the mud by Irish society of the 80s and 90s, be it economically or socially – and sometimes both – and now we want them to fix the problems we created, and in some cases, may have contributed to driving them away in the first place? Oh come on, that really is a little… Read more »
Apropos of the Farmleigh Jamboree some may find the link below to be of interest.
“Only the Super Rich can Save us”.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/21/ralph_nader_on_the_g20_healthcare
http://shandyhall.posterous.com/the-only-way-culture-can-save-us
The Rev Laurence Sterne makes a passionate plea for the true value of art in society.
Enjoy and discuss
The Moore the merrier, as long as we prioritize the Fraud Squad!
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/24/after_20_years_of_filmmaking_on