I see the great unwashed weren’t invited.

"Building on progress from Farmleigh"!!! What progress? More people unemployed, more people unable to meet their mortgage commitments, more money piled into ailing banks, more money cut from essential services, little change to the pay and expenses farce that the people who are running this "forum" reap in week after week… This is a front – a show of "look at us we are trying" but I’ll tell them now, it is f#*kin useless holding a forum like this… Little or nothing comes from it compared to the cost of running it… Start with a forum on reviewing pay, expenses, free food, free parking, bar tabs for the boys put down as a legitimate expense. Hold a forum on Dail Eireann and they’d probably save more money…

One final point- could someone do a survey on TD’s and senators and see how many of their children family members of working age are unemployed???

So, what you’re all saying is that – because unemployment is high – the government should make no attempt to facilitate high-level debate on Ireland among very senior executives?

Would those executives really take time out to attend if it wasn’t worthwhile?

As someone very disappointed with this government I think this forum has a lot of potential if there is follow up. There is an offer from the business leaders to sit on state boards for no fee until 2016. We really need to take them up on that offer even if it means the party hacks have to stand down in the public interest.

what a waste of money ,time and effort, why dont they get off their overpaid arses and do somthing useful ? this is just another p.r. stunt to make it look as if their doing something to solve our problems, well i got news for you people, it wont make a bit of difference if you sat around for the next 4 yrs blatthering on about fiscal this and social that, we need job’s and investment not more political spin. as for asking the diaspora!, try asking them why they got the hell out of this country in the first place? we want jobs not jabber!

Jack this is the second "Global Economic Forum". What came from the first one? F**k all that’s what. I’m nit saying that the government should do nothing but this circus is comical. Our economy is broke and as a result we as citizens are broke. Holding a forum is going to do f**k all to entice multinationals into Ireland. We lost the run of things along time ago and the imbalance is to great now to repair… High cost of living requires high wages until they both come down we’re goin nowhere…

Stop cutting pay which will lead people to have more money to spend in the economy which will in turn create jobs.. Is this really that difficult ???

Remind me again, what did the last blatherfest achieve?

Watching and really enjoying the Live Stream from Dublin Castle. I’ve been connected with China for the past 10 years. It’s not true to say that China doesn’t know about Ireland and Irish Culture but I do think there is a lot of work to do to make the Chinese aware that Irish Higher Education is delivered in the English Language! The Chinese LOVE Ireland. They love Riverdance and they adore Westlife. My son, who is half Irish, has built a website in China which has a strong Irish connections as can be seen from these two links: http://www.zhuhainights.com/group/irishinzhuhai and http://www.zhuhainights.com/events/st-patricks-day-in-zhuhai

@ Joseph. How about we not only stop cutting our pay but we actually give ourselves pay increases. That would increases our spending power and we could buy our way out of this recession. Oh wait, maybe that won’t work…

The only people worthy of speaking at these events are Irish that have slogged it out in the trenches, own their own businesses, and have made it on a national and international scale. Most of these people who speak at these events have absolutely nothing to offer to a business person looking to get a lift out of events like these. No practical application whatsoever offered in these BS events. Give me the money the government spent on this crap conference and I’ll teach a dozen people how to create an enterprise from little or nothing and give them a few euros to do it. Ireland needs no further conferences on problems. Ireland needs producers.

500,000 unemployed and the government are hosting a talking shop. meh.

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHAT SHOW 11. (THE SEQUEL)

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE BULLSHIT COULDN’T GET ANY DEEPER !!!

FG has its little go.!!!

Less action and more talk this time around promises the TD’s and celebrities at this years event…
Bottles of champagne and foix gras are nowhere to be got in dublin today as supplies are shipped into dublin castle.
An interview with a recently impoverished builders family said” we were amazed at the lavish spend we saw through the windows as we we begging for food”
It brings back memories “aaah be garra” when old bertie ran things id be in there and no mistake”
The individual was promptly asked to move on by the security personnel and was manhandled off the street..

What will come of the Irish i asked but was tackled to the ground and arrested before i could say any more….
With shouts of wall street protestor rang in my ears and all i remember is the sweet voice of a lovely lady who brought me around from my assault..
She was recently released from prison for blocking ESB bulldozing her trees for a new adventure land for ESB staff she told. me…
Sure you will not be allowed to publish that she said. Its not about problem solving inside there but autographs…
But there is more to follow….

NOOOOOOOOOO………….

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This is a very low level debate, talking around the houses about what we already know. Lets here some creative solutions, not” it’s good when Ministers visit Paris and I speak fluent French.”