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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 09:02 AM
Bill Liao, whose credentials, beside global philanthropy, include a listing as the co-founder of global business network Xing.com, founded the movement with James Whelton, a schoolboy who had the bright idea of founding a computer club at my old highschool, the wonderful PBC Cork, before deciding to take things to the next level.
Traveller horse race provokes outrage -- dramatic police chase footage goes viral -- VIDEO
The amazing footage (below) has been viewed almost 200,000 times on YouTube, and featured in a BBC report. It shows unidentified members of the Travelling Community racing horses on the wrong side of a major Irish highway, before a police car joins in the chase, as oncoming traffic swerves to avoid collision.
Pioneering Irish website FixMyArea.com outdoes local authorities and shows power of social activism
