Pop singer Bono will attend talks today aimed at improving Ireland's efforts to combat world poverty.
The Irish Hunger Task Force which also includes leading economists, aid experts and academics will meet in University College Cork.
The group is also due to travel to Malawi before compiling a report for the Government by next Summer.
The Task Force was launched by the Government in September 2006 and forms part of Ireland's efforts to the achieve the first Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty and hunger by 2015.
The group will identify additional contributions Ireland can make to help in the international fight to reduce poverty.
Bono, who has become as famous for his aid work as for his music, is part of a panel of experts chaired by Joe Walsh, former Minister for Agriculture.
Today's Task Force discussions in Cork are the second set of discussions held by the panel.
