Experts on regional development will gather for a two-day conference in Co Clare today to discuss the need for investment in areas outside Dublin.
The Balancing Regional Development event will take place at the Shannon Shamrock Hotel in Bunratty.
It will be attended by Gaeltacht Affairs Minister Eamon O'Cuiv, chairman of Shannon Development John Brassil, Clare Community Forum chairman Richard Cahill and other speakers.
The conference comes after 10,000 people packed into Limerick city centre on Saturday to protest at the Aer Lingus decision to scrap its Shannon-to-Heathrow service.
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Aer Lingus is to transfer the Heathrow slot as part of a €100 million regional hub it is setting up in December, serving nine routes out of Belfast.