Let’s hope economic forum is an engine for change, not a talking

TWO years after its first outing, the Irish Global Economic Forum returns today, this time to Dublin Castle and not to Farmleigh, where it was held amid much fanfare in September 2009 by the previous government.

Former US president Bill Clinton is the big catch; he is due to deliver the keynote address tomorrow evening.

His interest in this small country remains deep and valuable to us. But there are many other significant and wealthy figures of global business due to attend, alongside some domestic figures. It may be an opportunity to sell Ireland as a place to do business, in which to make investments. So far, so good, it would appear it.