Ciarán Casey: Lack of vision has wasted Ireland's unplanned tax windfall

The pageantry of Budget Day means that politicians will aim to avoid landmines, then go back to business as usual, writes Ciarán Casey

The cost of building houses has soared across the developed world. File picture

IRELAND’S well-documented corporation tax windfall has totalled €156bn over the past decade.

This was entirely unplanned and was driven by changes to the global tax rules that inadvertently benefited us out of all proportion.