Epic expects royal visit business boost Museum expecting 20,000 extra guests

Melvyn Green, the chief executive of Epic Picture: Fergal Phillips

Visitor numbers at Epic, the museum of Irish emigration in the Dublin docklands, are expected to jump significantly as a result of the visit next week of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will arrive at the museum, which is located in the CHQ complex on the north side of the Liffey, next Wednesday.

Its chief executive, Mervyn Green, said that before the visit was confirmed, ...