I kinna tell ye how hard it is fa me to say this but...
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Ireland’s Celtic tiger did not arrive with EU membership but in the 1987 budget, when it introduced a special 10 per cent tax rate for finance companies.

These firms flocked to Dublin, making it a significant financial centre almost overnight. When the EU said such tax breaks were unfair, Dublin offered low tax to all companies. The boom ensued.

Ireland has understood that low company taxes make rich countries. This is not accepted in most of Europe - or in Scotland, which charges the highest business taxes in the UK then wonders why economic growth is so slow.
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The article on Irish reluctance to subjicate themselves even further to the all-knowing EU in Brussels is here
Interesting isn't it, how a central planning authority only wants to increase and increase its power for the good of all. I'm sure there's no historical precedent for centralized authorities to work assiduously to assume yet more power. Is there?

-p (fell off the pumpkin truck)