Kenny defends corporate tax regime after Hollande broadside

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was forced onto the defensive over Ireland’s attractive corporate tax breaks during a visit to Paris.

Mr Kenny moved to deny the country acted as a tax haven after a withering attack from French president François Hollande.

The Taoiseach used a meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to state: “The concept of tax haven has nothing to do with Ireland.