US and EU tax threat ‘is low’

Ireland is in the “sweet spot” for foreign direct investment (FDI) but that could be scuppered by EU and US tax policy changes, according to a UCC economist and head of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.

Seamus Coffey was speaking ahead of UCC’s policy forum tomorrow, a think-in to examine Irish development over the next 20 years.

Speakers include Mr Coffey on FDI; food business and development department head Thia Hennessy on the agri-food sector; lecturer Bernadette Power on Irish stocks before and after the financial crisis; and lecturer Lisa Noonan on Irish foreign-owned manufacturing productivity.