Ireland is a tax haven

Ireland has, indeed, been exposed as a brazen tax haven, given the recent Apple scandal, despite having been bailed out with billions by the IMF and leaving investors, foreign and domestic, high and dry.

Our banks are rickety and reluctant to lend, especially to small- and medium-sized businesses. Many business owners are saying that a big freeze is on, with margin calls on capital, and approved capital being revoked. We spend a huge proportion of our national income on welfare and that spend is growing.

Emigration is sky high for a country that is running out of time, and it is investors who will be burnt, as Ireland calls for more and more bailout money from the EU, which is no certain thing.

Maurice Fitzgerald

Shanbally

Co Cork