In your defence, that story is written by an idiot who has used suggestive phrasing to direct you to an emotive response.
But that bit where he said "
Instead, Ciaran Lynch, chairman of the Irish parliament's finance committee, intends to press ahead with an inquiry that will simply consider "global taxation and how Ireland engages with the global tax architecture"." really should not include the word simply. Ireland is used as a tax vehicle because it doesn't tax the same things in the same ways as other countries.
There's a very overused phrase around these parts, and I normally refuse to wield it. But for once, we might seriously describe Ireland's corporation tax antics as a race to the bottom. The rate they charge is arguably predatorially low - although if nations were sensible enough to converge on a good number for that, it would surely be much closer to Ireland's rate than America's - but more importantly there are massive exemptions for activities that should be taxable in most countries. All of this squandering has not resulted in very much high quality inward investment of the sort that creates good jobs to offset any losses.
So taking on the issue of how Ireland fits into global taxation rules is very much more important than hauling executives of any particular company before parliament for a worthless dressing down. That's something I would expect even PC Adviser to know.
