US firms show no sign of retreating from Ireland as Washington makes the temporary tax advantages introduced by Trump in 2017 permanent. Corporation tax is now set for another record year.
With a mutual interest in circumventing US tariffs, Ireland and Canada are getting closer, an Irish trade mission to Toronto found – but a Trump-triggered recession could yet scupper efforts to boost business between the two.
The businessman excoriated an "entitlement culture" which sees junior employees "dictating their work practices to their employers" and said that everyone needs to get back to the workplace immediately.
In an "increasingly fragmented" media landscape, the semi-state is looking for a New York-based agency to help it attract, retain, and grow US investment in Ireland.
EU-level rules on scrutinising investments from third countries will put the onus on Ireland to be more critical of FDI deals coming into the country.
Europe is reeling from the Draghi report, which pitches heavy business regulation against competitiveness. In this new race with the US, Ireland wants to carve out a niche again.
IDA chief executive Michael Lohan is tasked with growing foreign direct investment in Ireland at a time when more protectionist rhetoric is rearing its head on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Government will appoint an attaché based in San Francisco tasked with deepening ties with industry and academia in a region that’s core to Ireland’s FDI strategy.
New Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke defends cost-busting measures for SMEs and promises more in the budget – but he pits a cut in the hospitality Vat rate against income tax breaks for middle earners.
Ireland’s FDI policy has been spectacularly successful and we are now firmly tied to American technology. However, more needs to be done if we are become a truly global tech hub.
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