It wouldn’t have hurted though if they had said “well earlier I spoke to politician X and Mr Y…” like they do on the news.

“It’s a grassroots, independent campaign for citizens, by citizens.”

Here’s the list of “independent” “citizens” behind it:

American Chamber of Commerce Ireland
Business in the Community companies in Ireland on corporate responsibility
Chambers Ireland
Institute of Directors – representative body for chairpersons, directors and senior executives
Irish Association of Advertising Practitioners
Irish Internet Association
Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association
Irish Security Industry Association
Marketing Institute of Ireland
Mediators Institute of Ireland

“The Ideas Campaign is calling on you, the people of Ireland, to propose solutions that will help rebuild the economy.”

…that we will then make a quick buck from:

“By submitting the idea you are thereby granting The Ideas Campaign the perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, copy, modify, edit, translate, publish, display, post, transmit, distribute, SELL or part company with your submitted idea WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION TO YOU”

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