I dunno.. is this website a conservative forum anymore? First we have Sinn Fein shills. Now we have EU apologists... they're telling us socialist subsidies, not free market reforms built Ireland... and the way they think we should just grovel in their presence....
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(1) All governments everywhere encourage infrastructure investment through tax breaks. Unless they're stupid.
(2) Ireland has a well-educated and young workforce - all of whom speak fluent English.
(3) Ireland has low taxes across the board compared to other EU member states.