Kenny praises Obama move

Taoiseach Enda Kenny yesterday welcomed confirmation that US President Barack Obama has withdrawn his allegation that Ireland is a “tax haven”.

Mr Kenny, in London yesterday for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, was responding to a controversy between the President and White House hopeful Mitt Romney.

Mr Obama’s re-election campaign team included Ireland alongside Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Luxembourg on a fact sheet under the question: “Has Mitt Romney avoided US taxes by investing millions in tax havens?”