The members of the Global Economic Forum are hoping to create 100,000 jobs out of this weekend’s think-in at Dublin Castle. But which ideas will emerge remains to be seen.

The people behind an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s visit to Ireland said they are “cautiously optimistic” that president Barack Obama will take part in the celebrations in Wexford this June.

The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has published a 12-month progress report on the 2011 Global Irish Economic Forum.

The organisers of next year’s major tourism initiative, The Gathering have rejected suggestions that their target of attracting 325,000 extra overseas tourists to Ireland in 2013 is over-ambitious.

Joan Burton had an exchange with tycoon Denis O’Brien on the day he was controversially pictured with the Taoiseach at the New York stock exchange, the Irish Examiner has learned.

A COMPANY backed by businessman Barry Maloney, who shunned the recent Global Irish Economic Forum because Denis O’Brien was attending, reported a surge in profits for last year.

FORMER US President Bill Clinton has identified a priority for the Irish economy that is not shared by the vast bulk of our elected politicians, or indeed many citizens of this State.

IT was with great interest that I followed the re-announcement of the “Gathering” as a “tangible outcome from the Global Irish Economic Forum.

BILL CLINTON predicted Ireland would overturn five centuries of economic history by emerging from its financial crash in less than five years.

Former US president Bill Clinton tonight told the Government the bailing out of the banks was the right decision.

ONE of the world’s top airline chiefs believes no company would consider buying Aer Lingus while its share price is so low.

One hundred top-ranking business chiefs from around the world are to offer to help run Irish state agencies free of charge.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has formally opened the second Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin this morning.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the Exchequer deficit will be reduced to 8.6% next year, no matter what it takes to achieve it.

THE mother of a New York firefighter who died on 9/11 has received the first “certificate of Irish heritage” under a Government scheme aimed at engaging with the country’s diaspora.

The mother of a New York fireman killed in the 9/11 terror attacks said he was very proud of his Irish roots after the family was presented with the first Certificate of Irish Heritage.

Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore will address the UN General Assembly this week, setting out Ireland’s foreign policy priorities.

FORMER US president Bill Clinton will join hundreds of influential figures from the Irish diaspora for a major economic forum in Dublin next month.

Former US president Bill Clinton will join hundreds of influential figures from the Irish diaspora for a major economic forum in Dublin next month, it has been announced.

MORE than 11,500 people proud of their heritage claimed Irish citizenship under the so-called Granny Rule last year.

Up to 11,500 people have tried to use the "Granny Rule" to claim Irish citizenship in the past year.

Millions of people of Irish descent will soon be able to apply for a certificate of heritage.

A WEBSITE designed to promote Ireland has the potential to become a world leader on the web and act as a major showcase for the country, according to an international expert on managing national identity and reputation.

IRELAND’S newly appointed cultural ambassador, actor Gabriel Byrne, joined U2’s Bono and former US president Bill Clinton in New York on Thursday night for the American Ireland Fund 35th Anniversary Gala.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will hold high-level meetings on the undocumented Irish in Washington DC today.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin is beginning a three-day visit to the US today.

UP to 37 specific initiatives have emerged from the Global Irish Economic Forum that could be placed before today’s meeting of the cabinet.

ONE-IN-THREE second-level schools have had to mix students of different levels or from different years because of staffing cuts imposed by the Government, according to a teachers’ union.

FIVE key investment opportunities with the potential to create thousands of jobs have emerged from the Global Irish Economic Forum and are likely to receive strong backing from international financiers.

ON the face of it, the first Global Irish Economic Forum has proved to be a resounding success.

The Government is to establish a working global network of highly influential Irish people.

ANTI-POVERTY campaigner Bob Geldof has warned that the Government is not spending enough on developing new technologies.

Details have been announced of the first ever Global Irish Economic Forum, which will be modelled on the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland.

THE Irish economy will experience the worst slump of any industrialised economy since the 1930s with one in six workers facing unemployment by the end of next year, according to the latest forecast from the Government’s economic think-tank.

The Taoiseach is set to host a major economic forum in Dublin later this year.

THE Government is to harness the know-how of leading international figures with Irish links to help with the country’s economic recovery.