The 35th annual MacGill Summer School opens in Co. Donegal this afternoon.
The theme of this year's programme is 'Ireland at the Cross Roads'.
Discussions and debates run from today until this Friday in the small village of Glenties.
Topics include the upcoming General Election, Political Reform and Ireland's environment.
The US Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O'Malley will open this year's forum.
Director of the MacGill Summer School Joe Mulholland, says international visitors at the event often say it's like none other in the world:
