ENDA KENNY returns from London to host the 17th British-Irish Council summit in Dublin Castle today, which will be attended by ministers and politicians from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic.
The council was established under the Good Friday Agreement and today’s summit is expected to focus primarily on economic issues.
The Taoiseach’s office says Kenny will invite the attendees to consider efforts to tackle youth unemployment, while Minister of State at the Department of Health Roisin Shortall will chair a discussion on the recovery and rehabilitation of drug abusers.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who is on his first state visit to Ireland today, will attend the summit and will also meet with President Michael D Higgins at the Áras today.
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