Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe yesterday faced a barrage of criticism over Ireland’s tax regime from a prestigious panel at Davos, amid claims the country was facilitating the “stealing of jobs and tax revenues” from fellow Europeans and the world’s hard-working poor.

Nothing, it seems, lasts forever. This is as true in economics and finance as it is in life generally. While we cannot stop the onward march of change, we can, and should, consider if we are planning for this.