DCC defends role in Web Summit effort

Dublin City Council has defended its role in attempting to keep the Web Summit in the capital, saying it continues to offer every possible support to organisers for this year’s event.

The council has compiled a report detailing its support of the event, which will be held in Lisbon from next year after organisers took the decision to leave Dublin following a perceived lack of involvement from relevant stakeholders.

In correspondences with the Taoiseach’s department in the lead-up to his decision to uproot the event to the Portuguese capital, Web Summit co-founder Paddy Cosgrave was highly critical of the Government for what he considered to be insufficient coordination of and buy-in from other agencies.