SBP editorial: Grave new world as noose tightens on Ireland’s tax strategy

‘It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.”

This well-known bit of advice, according to accepted wisdom, was first offered in Miguel Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote, which tells the story of a deluded Spanish nobleman who, intoxicated by tales of knights and chivalry, embarks on a series of adventures which are bedevilled by mishaps borne of his ...