More than 300 global leaders, key decision-makers, thought leaders and heads of industry will be invited to the annual event in Ballina

The company aims to produce forests of ‘trees’ that would be many times more efficient at removing CO2 than living trees

High-profile figures such as former taoiseach Enda Kenny defend the activities of think-tanks, such as the Ireland China Institute, as ‘apolitical’. But as concerns grow over China’s human rights abuses, coercive diplomacy and the detention of Irish businessman Richard O’Halloran, are they wrong to do so?

The former taoiseach’s jaunt across the old rail networks of Ireland was light and undemanding fare

Former Taoiseach wrote to Finance Minister urging him to meet with Law Society as it campaigned against move to impose negative interest rates