By Lorraine Turner DUBLIN | Thu May 17, 2012 11:19am BST DUBLIN (Reuters) - Big U.S. firms may rethink investing in Ireland if Greece leaves the euro zone or there is a "no" vote in Ireland's referendum on Europe's fiscal treaty, the head of the agency tasked with attracting them to the country warned. Investment from multinational firms, whose employees account for almost 10 percent of Ireland's workforce, is helping take the sting out of austerity measures by creating jobs and keeping export activity buoyant.But foreign investors may pass on Ireland, a gateway to the euro zone for U.S. investment in particular, if the crisis worsens, or if Ireland fails to pass the referendum which would secure future funding from the European Union, Barry O'Leary ...
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