The Taoiseach is to speak at one of the world's foremost technology conferences today.

Enda Kenny will speak at the 'South by Southwest' in Texas as he continues his travels ahead of St Patrick's Day.

Day three of the Taoiseach's American tour takes him to Austin, Texas, the home of the South by Southwest festival.

There, Enda Kenny will be interviewed about how Ireland's managed to attract so many of the world's biggest technology companies and what it's doing to get more of them on board.

Part of the answer to that question is intensive lobbying at events like the festival itself and Ireland's got its own stand at the event to sell itself as a place for investment.

The Taoiseach will drop by on his travels.

He'll also have a one-on-one meeting with the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott.

He will finish his day with a visit to Ireland's new consulate in the same building that houses offices for Enterprise Ireland and the IDA: yet another effort in the war to secure more investment and jobs back home.