Backers sought for €26m National Diaspora Centre

Up to €26 million may be spent on a National Diaspora Centre designed to attract as many Irish people as possible living abroad to come back here to holiday.

As the Government cannot afford to finance the project, Fáilte Ireland will advertise in the coming weeks for potential partners to develop and operate the centre.

“Ireland has a very large overseas diaspora compared to the population of the country, but we do not have a National Diaspora Centre,” said Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar.