Madam, - The UK government's decision to reject the proposal that the corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland should be different from that in Britain was inevitable.
Moreover, it shows that there never was any basis for the claim made in certain circles that the 26 counties could have achieved what was actually achieved by remaining in the UK.
The essential elements in the economic development of our State included our ability to initially erect a tariff barrier, behind which native industry was built up from an essentially zero base, and then to set our own tax rates.- Yours, etc,
LIAM BURKE, Hillcrest Court, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9.