Apple debacle reveals core truth about incompetence of Cabinet

The real damage caused by the Apple decision is the toxicity of uncertainty it imposes on Ireland’s corporate offering, perhaps for years,’ writes Gerard Howlin

APPLE isn’t the issue; it’s a symptom. So was the fracas in Government over fatal foetal abnormalities.

The underlying problem, one that threatens to be harshly, perhaps fatally, exposed in the budget, is the political incompetence and incapacity of Government to manage its business, as it is currently structured internally.