180 leading figures to attend think-in

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has announced that 180 international thinkers and business experts will attend the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin later this month.

The minister said up to 150 of the 180 have already confirmed their attendance at the event in Farmleigh in the Phoenix Park on September 18-20 and each will cover their own expenses for the trip, he said.

The purpose of the two day event is to explore, along with Government ministers, how the Irish at home and abroad, particularly those with a strong interest in Ireland, “can work together to contribute to our overall efforts at economic recovery”, he said.