As uncertainty reigns over future tax rules for multinationals, the investment announced this morning by Canadian-headquartered healthcare firm Bausch + Lomb shows Ireland remains an attractive place to locate high-technology operations. The new extension to the company’s Waterford contact lens factory is not just good news for the 130 additional people who will be employed there from 2022, and for the contractors who will build it. It is also proof that Bausch + Lomb is ploughing ahead with its long-established plan to place Ireland at the centre of its global business, even though it is now certain that multinationals such…