Donald Trump will be president in less than 2 weeks and has promised to reshore jobs back to America. No European country is more worried than Ireland given the economy’s utter dependence on US FDI. The vast majority of our Corporation Tax receipts emanate from only 10 companies all American. So what sort of challenges does the IDA which lured and nurtured them to invest and stay invested in Ireland?
Feargal O'Rourke, used to head up PwC but now he chairs the IDA as well as the IIEA and also sits on the boards of C&C and Yuno. Fergal has a new book about Irish rugby called ‘From Rags to Riches’