US pundit grills IDA chief on why Ireland uses the Euro in bizarre interview

To be honest, he doesn't seem to know much about us at all.

US pundit grills IDA chief on why Ireland uses the Euro in bizarre interview

Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland, was over in the States and made an appearance on Squawk Box, a financial news show on CNBC. He was there to discuss the Irish economy and to keep on promoting us as the Best Small Country in the World In Which To Do Business.

And it was going quite well - until around seven minutes in. That's when one of the other hosts - Joe Kernen - decided to interrupt with this bizarre line of questioning.

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