Ideas for a digital age scoop top prize

TWO ideas for the digital age won out in the Your Country Your Call competition, which concluded with a glitzy prize-giving ceremony at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin last night.

At the event President Mary McAleese presented the winners, digital media consultant Neil Leyden for his “global media hub” idea and father and son team Cianán Clancy and Colm Mac Fhlannacha, for their “data island” concept, which envisages an international innovation area, with ornate statuettes.

The winners also received €100,000 in prize money and a pledge from the organisers of €500,000 each to develop their ideas.