Irish investment chief does not expect big impact from US tax changes

DUBLIN: Ireland's investment agency does not expect corporate tax changes in the United States to have a significant impact on multinational companies' continued investment in Ireland, its chief executive said on Thursday.

"Let's be honest, this is an effort to make the US more competitive, it will make the US more competitive. That may mean that there are some marginal calls where a company decides to stay in the US rather than come to Europe," IDA Ireland chief executive Martin Shanahan told Reuters.

"But does it signal a significant change from an Irish perspective? I don't believe so. I can tell you, sitting here today, that I expect the next couple of months to be strong in terms of investment."