Full coverage: Foreign direct investment

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.  

Ireland’s success in attracting tens of thousands of jobs has been spectacular, and corporation tax from companies setting up here is vital to government income. However, if success is to continue, we need to employ enough people doing the right type of work.

The twin engines of the Irish economy were sputtering amid lay-offs and contractions. They are firing once again, fuelled by research and technology.

FDI flows towards China have weakened dramatically over the last 12 months, and they have now ground to a complete halt. Is the huge fall in China-bound FDI a reflection of globalisation going into reverse, or corporate de-risking?

The US President's warm visit to Ireland looked a lot like a pre-campaign launch. The Democrats want to make the tax paid by multinationals a voting issue in next year's US election, with huge potential consequences for Ireland's public finances.

The US firm has been the most active property investor in Ireland for the past decade. As it builds out its last available sites, it is up around €1 billion on its investments here and generated €100 million in net rental income last year. What is next?

The mammoth Capital Dock and Coopers Cross projects book-end the US investor’s rise to date in the Dublin office market. Yet a deal-by-deal analysis shows that its presence in Irish commercial property reaches deeper than the surface of trophy developments.