IT was a tale of two recessions: In the 1980’s a gruff Irishman gave the world Live Aid, 20 years later a bluff one saddled the nation with Spiv Aid.

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.

One year after the Live-8 concerts and the Gleneagles summit, the Make Poverty History Campaign is coming under fire from an Irish charity.