Sunday 22 March to Tuesday 24 March 2026
The 68th Plenary Session of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly was held in The Rose Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry from 22 to 24 March 2026.
Over dinner on Sunday 22 March Assembly members were addressed by Norma Foley TD, TD for Kerry and Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Government of Ireland, and Paul Gillespie, columnist and formerly Foreign Policy Editor, The Irish Times.
On Monday 23 March the plenary was addressed by Jack Chambers TD, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Government of Ireland, and Matthew Patrick MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, UK Government.
Other speakers at the 68th Plenary were:
- Giedrius Drukteinis, Vice President of the Baltic Assembly and member of the Lithuanian Seimas
- Professor Frank O’Mara, Director, Teagasc
- Dr Joanne Uí Chrualaoich, CEO, Safefood
- Dominic Crowley, CEO, Concern Worldwide.
- Dr Majka Ryan, Associate Professor of Work and Employment, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick
- Professor John O’Halloran, President, University College Cork
- Professor Maggie Cusack, President, Munster Technological University
- Rachel Power, Head of Communications, Office of the President, Munster Technological University
- Anna McWey and Mateusz Polinski, members of the inaugural Ireland–UK Youth Forum
- Professor Andrew Cottey, Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration, University College Cork
Read the Assembly’s Programme of Business for the 68th Plenary here.
The transcript of proceedings at the 68th Plenary will be issued as soon as it is available.
The Assembly debated and adopted resolutions as follows:
IRELAND, THE UK AND EUROPE
That the Assembly takes note of the increased challenges of the international situation in the world and welcomes the efforts of Ireland, the UK and Europe to work together to meet these challenges.
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
That the Assembly takes note of the international situation.