Brian Keegan: Is Ireland a tax haven within a tax haven?

Our corporation tax system is aligned with all of the important EU and international norms, except for the rate

There’s always one, isn’t there? One begrudger, one individual with one awkward question. The other week, for the Taoiseach in the European Parliament, the begrudger was Green MEP Philippe Lamberts from Belgium. He was the one using the “tax haven” expression.

The irony was clearly lost on the MEP. He is a democratically elected representative to a bloc of nations which relies for its very existence on taxation policy. No country can become ...