RDS chief can’t guarantee Web Summit’s future here

The RDS is open to relinquishing control over the provision of wifi at next year’s Web Summit but cannot guarantee that the event will remain in Ireland, according to the venue’s chief executive, Michael Duffy.

Mr Duffy said he could guarantee that both the RDS and Web Summit organisers would work together to try to find a satisfactory resolution to the issue but warned he could not guarantee that the massive technology conference wouldn’t leave the country.

“We can provide absolute assurance that we will do everything we can with the Web Summit organisers to ensure that any of the technical difficulties are worked on together in partnership,” Mr Duffy told Morning Ireland.