A recent survey by the Hendrick and Struggles has shown that Ireland is dropping down the ranks of the Global Talent index to 16th place. What’s more depressing… Read more “Competitiveness shrinks out of austerity”
Creativity Inspired Innovation
InterTrade Ireland held an Innovation Lecture on 24th March 2011 in NUIG Galway. It was entitled Rethinking Business Models: Creativity Inspired Innovation by Professor Peter Kelly. He… Read more “Creativity Inspired Innovation”
Galway West candidates and social networking
Our new election candidates are all social networking these days. They are either blogging, putting up pictures on flikr or making videos on YouTube. Heck, they’re even… Read more “Galway West candidates and social networking”
New train services between Galway and Limerick
Irish Rail have finished the first phase of the Western Rail Corridor project. This is great news for the western region of the country as it links… Read more “New train services between Galway and Limerick”
Meat and its environmental impact
Watching David McWilliams recent Addicted to Money programmes recently brought up an interesting fact on consumption of beef and its impact on the environment. Did you know… Read more “Meat and its environmental impact”
Ireland for Europe campaign
As I cycled to work this morning, I noticed the addition of bright new posters inviting us to vote yes in the forthcoming Lisbon treaty. The posters… Read more “Ireland for Europe campaign”
Ireland’s poor energy generation statistics
It would appear that Ireland has a very poor record CO2 emissions in electricity generation. In a report carried out by the U.S. Department of Energy which… Read more “Ireland’s poor energy generation statistics”
Tax on driving
Denmark is known the world over for its green credentials. So when a Danish work colleague of mine told me about an interesting tax law, I was… Read more “Tax on driving”
Blogging and the common man (or woman)
So I was on Facebook the other day and an ex work colleague of mine from the U.S. says ‘Its kinda tough to keep up with you,… Read more “Blogging and the common man (or woman)”