Farmleigh forum - Opportunity we should not ignore

BECAUSE of the festering anger, the stress and great worry caused by economic circumstances and political failures it would be very easy to sneer at the Global Irish Economic Forum held at Farmleigh, in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, over this weekend.

It would be too easy to dismiss it as an All Ireland weekend jamboree for politicians and plutocrats by pointing out that some of the 200 people invited to the forum, hosted by Taoiseach Brian Cowen, represent the culture that contributed to our present difficulties.

Be that as it may, our situation is so precarious that we can no longer indulge these instincts; we must pursue opportunity wherever it presents itself.