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Wicklow hotel cancels 'secretive' Peter Thiel group conference

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/03/wicklow-hotel-cancels-secretive-peter-thiel-conference/
56•01-_-•2h ago

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Animats•1h ago
"Cult-building" on the agenda?
trencedamp•39m ago
I guess if you think you're meeting is a secret then you can just say what your agenda is out in the open.

I mean there's no question these guys are the baddies, right? Look at every reason Peter Thiel has been in the news for the last year

AvAn12•46m ago
Hotel wants to avoid undesirable guests. Seems reasonable.
Hoasi•44m ago
How is this secretive if venue is public?
Fordec•42m ago
It wasn't public until a an investigative journalist wrote an article about it after the membership of the group was exposed first. Per TFA:

> A leaked schedule for the “retreat” hosted by Dialog, an invitation-only group

nobodyandproud•19m ago
Working as intended. Though Peter Thiel will do his utmost to further destroy journalists, I’m sure.
mschuster91•41m ago
The group used to be pretty secretive and unknown until a hacker managed to discover Dialog not protecting their membership data properly - and found, among others, a shit ton of billionaires [1] and politicians including former German health minister Jens Spahn [2].

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/06/18/what-we...

[2] https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/das-spahn-netzwerk/2026/06/1...

dgellow•30m ago
Part of the list:

General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent

Army secretary Dan Driscoll

Hallie Hoffman, acting chief of staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn)

Wes Moore, Maryland governor

Jared Polis, Colorado governor

Tom Lue, general counsel and head of governance at Google DeepMind

Randy Kroszner, a former governor of the Federal Reserve

Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League

Peter Goettler, president of the Cato Institute

Ryan Stowers, executive director of the Charles Koch Foundation

Roger Myerson, Nobel laureate economist

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law

Neal Mohan, YouTube CEO

Scooter Braun, Music manager

Ezra Klein, political commentator

Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post reporter

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor

Sophia Bush, actress

Rick Warren, evangelical pastor

Elon Musk ($1.3 trillion)

Eric Schmidt ($40.1 billion)

Peter Thiel ($27.8 billion)

Henry Kravis ($12.2 billion)

Marcos Galperin ($6.8 billion)

Mike Cannon-Brookes ($7.7 billion)

Scott Cook ($4.4 billion)

Barry Sternlicht ($3.1 billion)

Nicolas Berggruen ($2.9 billion)

John Arnold ($2.8 billion)

Joe Lonsdale ($2.8 billion)

Reid Hoffman ($2.7 billion)

netsharc•33m ago
What did Taylor Swift and many celebs do yesterday at Madison Square Garden (a public venue)? All the news says she got married, but does that mean you're trusting the news media?

Public venue, private ("secret") event.

gofreddygo•16m ago
Like area 51.
netsharc•44m ago
Should've hosted them and served them cream of mushroom soup https://youtu.be/sNTuR-WD6os
pgt•24m ago
If the hotel cancelled it, it's suicide for the hotel. Who would ever book a private event that hotel again, let alone staying at that hotel if you're a private individual?
nobodyandproud•21m ago
Why is a privately owned hotel compelled to deal with controversy not of its making?

Perhaps things work differently for those of South African persuasion…

rcxdude•10m ago
Hotels cancel events all the time, when they prove to be more trouble than they're worth. In extreme cases, they might cancel the event while it's running and kick out the attendees and organizers.
buran77•9m ago
It's safe to assume that once the secret location of the secretive conference stopped being so secret, the organizers and attendees went looking for a more private venue.
rayiner•18m ago
What meaningful complaint can you have about a meeting that includes Ted Cruz on one side and Wes Moore on the other; both Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman?

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