Imagine Ireland

Ireland Ups Flow of Greatest Export -- Culture

John Lee | Posted 02.08.2012

John Lee

Lacking much in the way of currently accessible oil reserves, rare earths, precious metals, athletic shoe factories or excessive amber waves of grain, the government placed a $5.2 million bet on something hard to quantify -- culture.

Ireland Punching Above its Weight in Design, Too

John Lee | Posted 12.04.2011

John Lee

The vision of the World Design Capital project is to promote and encourage the use of design to further the social, economic and cultural development of the world's cities.