Week 39
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe will be at the European Insurance Forum. Photo: Getty
As the darker evenings creep in, the business world maintains a packed schedule.
Insurance takes centre stage this week as industry leaders gather in Dublin for the 2025 European Insurance Forum.
Taking place tomorrow at the Royal Dublin Convention Centre, the event will bring together senior voices from politics, regulation and global insurance markets.
Ministers Robert Troy and Paschal Donohoe will join Lloyd’s of London chief executive Patrick Tiernan and Bermuda’s premier and finance minister David Burt to discuss how the sector can navigate new risks and opportunities.
Later in the week, attention shifts firmly to international trade.
On Friday, the European Commission, in partnership with the Institute of International and European Affairs, will host a conference in Dublin on “International Trade – The Challenges Ahead”.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin will open proceedings, with Tánaiste Simon Harris and EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic also on the agenda.
Ireland has seen a large increase in trade and productivity since joining the then European Economic Community. In 1973, total Irish exports were €1.1bn. Last year, Ireland exported goods worth €224bn.
Agricultural products accounted for only 9pc of Ireland’s total exports.
Against a backdrop of heightened global tensions and tariff uncertainty, the event will consider how Ireland can sustain this export-driven growth model.
Coming off the week which brought the NFL to Dublin, the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation convenes its annual leaders’ panel in Kilkenny on Wednesday, offering insights into how the sector plans to build on strong recovery momentum.
Ahead of this, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) will release its inbound tourism figures for August. Other data releases will occupy the week, including the CSO’s environmental taxes update for 2024 and fresh numbers on retail sales for July and August.
Also tomorrow, figureheads from logistics and transport will meet at Dublin’s RDS to discuss rail freight connectivity and its role in Ireland’s wider supply chain resilience.
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