1/8/15: Ireland: No Country for Entrepreneurs?

Ah, the heady days of campaigning and promising are about to befall Ireland once again… soon… In the mean time, let us recall our Dear Leader’s Enda “Business Dynamo” Kenny promise of the recent past:
On January 27, 2011, our pro-business Leader uttered the following: ‘I will seek the trust of the Irish people to implement Fine Gael’s plan to get Ireland working again… I firmly believe that by 2016, Ireland can become the best small country in the world in which to do business, the best country in which to raise a family and the best country in which to grow old with dignity and respect.’
Let’s leave the family and old dignity bits to the softer side of the Coalition and focus on the first promise, squarely relating to economics.
On October 8, 2011, Mr Kenny repeated the said promise: “Since coming into office 7 months ago I have told nearly all audiences that by 2016 I intend to make Ireland the best small country in the world in which to do business…”
And then again, on February 28, 2013 the “Dynamo” spun again: “Those of you from Ireland will have heard me say many times that my ambition is for Ireland to become the best small country in the world for business by 2016. It is an ambition I believe we will achieve. The scale of reform and action across Government to improve our competitiveness is unyielding until we reach our goals.”

This post was published at True Economics on Saturday, August 1, 2015.