‘O’Brien should not attend economic fora’

Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien should not be invited to future government-sponsored economic fora, Europe Minister Lucinda Creighton has said.

However, she defended Enda Kenny appearing with Mr O’Brien at the New York Stock Exchange last week and said the Taoiseach was there at Mr O’Brien’s invitation.

She said: “I wasn’t comfortable with his attendance at [the Global Economic Forum] in Dublin Castle on the last occasion and I wouldn’t be in the future”.