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		<title>Think Big, Think Radical, Think Different</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Incremental thinking is a problem at a time like this. A bit more of this, a bit more of that. I think a radical change of thinking is sometimes needed. That&#8217;s why I disagree with Daragh O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s assessment of Your Country Your Call. There are many problems with YCYC and you would have to wonder [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/03/10/think-big-think-radical/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Big Idea at Your Country Your Call?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your Country Your Call looks like a good idea, and it is, and a lot of effort is going into it. However, there are also clearly some big, serious problems with it. 
Simon has pointed out that if you enter the competition, you are giving your IP to them. What this means is not made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/03/02/whats-the-big-idea-at-your-country-your-call/</link>
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		<title>What are we going to do about Bank of Ireland?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The reality of the Irish banking sector is beginning to hit home. A former chief executive has suggested how parts of the banks could be sold. And you could go even further. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/02/23/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-bank-of-ireland/</link>
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		<title>The Pakistani Junknet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This story about how networks built by an ecosystem of small-scale local entrepreneurs can span a city is an interesting example of what can happen in an unregulated environment. It reminds me of a recent video of Eric Schmidt of Google. We should certainly consider whether our system of regulation is really helping develop broadband, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2009/07/20/the-pakistani-junknet/</link>
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		<title>parkingtag.ie and cashless parking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parkingtag.ie launched a few weeks ago to allow you to pay for your kerbside parking in Dublin City. Basically, what happens is that you have a barcode (the &#8216;parking tag&#8217;) on your windscreen, which contains an account number. When you park, you ring a phone number to tell the system that you want to park [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2009/06/08/parkingtagie-and-cashless-parking/</link>
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		<title>The Green Party is a Consumerist Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Irish Green Party has melted down at the polls, at both local level (where they won almost nothing) and at national level (where they won nothing and were even beaten by an independent who left the party a few months ago. But what&#8217;s at the core of the party&#8217;s problems?
The two viewsÂ  I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2009/06/08/the-green-party-is-a-consumerist-party/</link>
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		<title>Creative Commons &#8211; draft Ireland specific licence for public comment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check the draft licence and leave any comments you have.
Read more about the Creative Commons licences.
From the FAQ:

Creative Commons licenses give you the ability to dictate how others may exercise your copyright rightsâ€”such as the right of others to copy your work, make derivative works or adaptations of your work, to distribute your work and/or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2009/06/05/creative-commons-draft-ireland-specific-licence-for-public-comment/</link>
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		<title>The Irish Bank Calamity is a multi-disciplinary problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Irish banks have run into some serious problems. The core of these problems are quite simple. But eight months forward from the official emergence of the crisis, there is no sign of an answer. There is serious criticism of the possible solutions that are coming up.Everyone is afraid that we will end up with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2009/05/17/the-irish-bank-calamity-is-a-multi-disciplinary-problem/</link>
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		<title>Dealing in Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Napoleon, a leader is a dealer in hope. There are all the technical changes and tough cuts that have to be made at a time of recession, but more than anything else, a political leader needs to deliver hope to his or her people.
Like every other commodity, there are different types of hope. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2009/03/07/dealing-in-hope/</link>
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		<title>Irish Times article about public transport in Dublin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Margaret O&#8217;Mahony has an interesting article in the Irish Times about Dublin Bus and the cuts there. It&#8217;s interesting, and mostly right, but it is wrong about some things.
 A loss of 5 percent of business is enormous for a bus company, far greater than it might seem. For a start, it should never happen. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2009/03/02/irish-times-article-about-public-transport-in-dublin/</link>
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