Niall Cody: A Taxman at the centre of the world
The Taoiseach calls Ireland an ‘island at the centre of the world’. But as pressure builds on our tax-led FDI success, could our triumphs contain the seeds of our next crisis? Revenue Commissioners chairman Niall Cody talks tax planning, avoidance, Brexit, multinationals and more
Niall Cody remembers exactly the moment that tax moved centre stage. It was March 2013 and Ireland was midway through its presidency of the European Union, a vital chapter in Enda Kenny’s narrative of a country rising from ruin to restoration. Ireland, so recently humbled by financial collapse, would later that year emerge from its troika bailout without a precautionary credit line. The presidency was a set piece for Ireland - that the ...
