{"id":600620,"date":"2026-07-23T17:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/600620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:26:29","slug":"peter-thiels-dialog-is-suing-powerscourt-hotel-over-cancelled-invite-only-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/600620\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Thiel\u2019s Dialog is suing Powerscourt Hotel over cancelled invite-only conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PETER THIEL\u2019S DIALOG is suing Powerscourt Hotel in Co Wicklow over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/wicklow-hotel-powerscourt-dialog-cancelled-7089941-Jul2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cancellation of a planned, invite-only conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been lodged before the High Court\u2019s commercial division, which hears disputes involving more than \u20ac1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Legal proceedings were initiated on Monday by Stonebrick LLC Trading as Dialog, with Powerscourt Hotel and Powerscourt Estate listed as the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Thiel has a net worth of around $27 billion (\u20ac23.7 billion) and co-founded PayPal and Palantir.<\/p>\n<p>He also founded Dialog, which is an invite-only organisation that is sometimes compared to Bilderberg and the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation hosts invitation only retreats which are often attended by several hundred people and last several days.<\/p>\n<p>In June, it was leaked that a Dialog conference would be held in Powerscourt Hotel from 12-16 August.<\/p>\n<p>The planned event in Powerscourt Hotel was expected to bring together more than 200 senior figures from politics, technology, defence and finance.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s understood that Elon Musk would have been among the invited attendees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The since-cancelled event drew criticism over the involvement of the controversial tech billionaire and Palantir\u2019s links to the Israeli military.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians, including\u00a0Labour TD Duncan Smith, had also questioned whether Irish taxpayers would face security costs associated with hosting the conference.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel is a tenant of Powerscourt Estate, and in a statement after the cancellation, Powerscourt Estate said that \u201cfollowing a period of great concern\u201d, it was \u201crelieved and pleased\u201d to announce that the Dialog event would no longer go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Powerscourt Estate also thanked its staff, neighbours, supporters and legal team for their backing \u201cthrough this difficult and challenging time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Powerscourt Estate had previously stated that it would cancel the event if it could, but argued it was prevented from doing so because the Powerscourt Hotel operates as a separate business.<\/p>\n<p>No reason was given for the cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, Powerscourt Hotel confirmed that \u201ca publicised event scheduled to take place in 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