IBEC chief: We should get back to days of Celtic Tiger
The head of the employers' group IBEC has said it is "nonsense" for politicians to say we shouldn't go back to the days of the Celtic Tiger.
Danny McCoy said the Government should relieve income tax rates in the next Budget in a bid to boost consumer spending and improve economic activity.
Both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have previously said that Ireland should be cautious about returning to the economic policies of the early 2000s.
But IBEC CEO Mr McCoy says we should go back to the Celtic Tiger - but make better decisions.
"Of course we should get back to the days of the Celtic Tiger - but we should be more sensible," he said.
"The Celtic Tiger gave us the prosperity in which our living standards in which our living standards are immeasurably higher today than they were 10 years ago.
"This notion that we don't want to go back there is nonsense - (let's) go back there and make better choices.
"It's from here to prosperity - prosperity will get you back to work and let's kick off."
