TAOISEACH Micheál Martin will address business people at a free online event hosted by the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry this Thursday at 11am.
During the live broadcast from the Niavac studios in Belfast, the taoiseach will discuss the economic and policy issues impacting all-island trade in an interview with former BBC NI political editor Mark Devenport.
The event, delivered in partnership with SSE Airtricity, is open to every business, which must register its interest at the NI Chamber website.
Chamber chief executive Ann McGregor said: “We're delighted to host the taoiseach and to be providing local businesses with the opportunity to hear directly from him on some of the most pressing and important issues impacting them.
“Cross-border trade and collaboration presents significant opportunities for growth, innovation and cost-savings and a joint investment strategy on roads, rail, air, sea, waste, digital and energy connectivity is key to realising these in the near future.
“There are already fantastic examples of it happening in practice - joint infrastructure projects, universities working in partnership, all-island industries like dairy and indeed many businesses north and south, reaping the benefits of working together.”
She added: “The event is about building on that co-operation and encouraging even greater collaboration in what, post Covid-19 and Brexit, is a new operating environment. We want to see business people in that conversation, and this event is an opportunity for them to get involved.”
