The Irish Examiner View: Pandemic break for tax exiles

There are few things as irritating as a lecture from a well-tanned tax exile on how we might better manage our affairs. That applies even if those interventions are no more than an extreme version of offering emigrants a vote in our elections. Neither has any direct impact on the lives of those offering advice or voting yet one is scorned and the other is considered appropriate.

Irish citizens who have immigrated are not, despite considerable and misjudged pressure, able to vote in our elections. The pandemic is unlikely to change that any time soon. It has, however, moved the goalposts for our tax exiles.