Corporate tax reform may help Ireland in the end

Corporate tax reform may help Ireland in the end

(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.)

LONDON - Ireland may ultimately benefit from an overhaul of global corporate tax rules that Dublin reckons will cost its coffers billions of euros. The more likely such a revamp looks, the greater the incentive for the Emerald Isle to revitalise its crumbling infrastructure to remain competitive. That would help fix economic problems that have been masked so far by a healthy tax haul.