The event, hosted by Minister Zappone, included Key Note Speaker Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on the Sustainable Development Goals. It gathered stake holders from government departments, government agencies, research and academic institutions, civil society organisations, youth delegates, media, private sector and other stakeholders in a stakeholder partnership forum. The objective of the workshop was to explore how the pressing issues of child poverty and food poverty in Ireland might be addressed within the context of the ambitions of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).