The MacGill Summer School continues over the weekend where thought leaders descend on Glenties to discuss issues facing Ireland and the wider world.
The annual event gathers government ministers, parliamentarians, heads of industry, trade union leaders, economists, sociologists, church leaders and a broad range of public representatives.
Donegal Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty is speaking at the event, and highlighted the importance of it, while also mentioning it serves as an opportunity to remind people of the disadvantages faced in the county: