Chomsky on the EU and the Irish PM

Chomsky, who is speaking in Dublin on January 18th, has called Bertie Ahern new Ireland that has embraced consumer capitalism every bit as much as Britain or America did during the 1980s.

American technology companies such as Intel, Microsoft and Google have flocked to the country to take advantage of low corporation tax rates.

Indeed, Sir Anthony O'Reilly, I read recently sits on the board of the holding company through which Microsoft Ireland pays its tax in Ireland.

So perhaps it might be a little too much to expect any substantial criticism from The Irish Independent in its analysis piece.

'It's all about bucks kid, and the rest is just conversation.' - Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's film, Wall Street.