Leaked memos and French threat to Celtic Tiger economy could scupper Brussels-Dublin manoeuvring over EU treatyBertie Ahern was fiddling self-consciously with the buttons on his jacket when the gates of Dublin's Government Buildings swung open and the motorcade swept into the Edwardian quadrangle.Out leapt José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, smiling broadly, striding confidently up the steps to clasp the hand of the Irish Taoiseach.
Leaked memos and French threat to Celtic Tiger economy could scupper Brussels-Dublin manoeuvring over EU treaty
Bertie Ahern was fiddling self-consciously with the buttons on his jacket when the gates of Dublin's Government Buildings swung open and the motorcade swept into the Edwardian quadrangle.
Out leapt José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, smiling broadly, striding confidently up the steps to clasp the hand of the Irish Taoiseach.
Really.
Intel, where her husband worked until he retired, had even paid for the Christmas lights and had the canal cleared out. So she was planning to vote no in the referendum: "We are praying that they stay. We don't want the French dictating to us." Mr Ahern and Mr Barroso are both adamant that Ireland would see off the French proposal, but while neither Intel nor Hewlett-Packard would be drawn into the debate, Wyeth, an American pharmaceutical company employing 3,300 people in four Irish counties, said it would have to consider its position if corporation tax rates changed.
Mr Ahern and Mr Barroso are both adamant that Ireland would see off the French proposal, but while neither Intel nor Hewlett-Packard would be drawn into the debate, Wyeth, an American pharmaceutical company employing 3,300 people in four Irish counties, said it would have to consider its position if corporation tax rates changed.
Oh, and I wonder: how does the Irish government compensates for (relatively) lower corporate tax revenues? Does it provide less services? Does it compensate with other revenues? Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
Oh, and I wonder: how does the Irish government compensates for (relatively) lower corporate tax revenues?
And does the "French" scarecrow work well in Ireland? Or is it a Murdoch import? Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
