No dividend for suffering taxpayers, just pain

Without doubt the Forbes magazine article on Ireland’s business-friendly credentials will have whiskey tumblers raised in glee at high-powered Christmas lunches in the coming days.

However, it will not bring much festive cheer to the many hard-pressed households across the country.

When taken in the context of recent debates on executive pay and welfare rates it highlights that the criteria on which success is measured are not those which are necessarily aligned with an equal society.