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Russell Padmore travels across Ireland to find out how the Irish economy has shrugged off the impact of the pandemic and problems caused by Brexit.

It seems foreign investors, especially Irish Americans, are confident that Ireland will enjoy significant growth in 2022, despite the prospect of corporation tax being increased, after the country signed up to a global deal orchestrated by the OECD.

Russell's journey from the capital city, Dublin, to the rural north west also includes a trip across the border into Northern Ireland to hear how businesses there are worried about the UK Government creating more uncertainty in its economic relationship with the European Union, which could undermine trade with the Irish Republic.

We hear analysis from Austin Hughes, chief economist at KBC Ireland, Professor Luke O'Neill an immunologist at Trinity College Dublin, Mark Redmond, the Chief Executive of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland, Gillian Doyle, the founder of Cerebreon Technologies and Stephen Kelly, the Chief Executive of Manufacturing Northern Ireland.

(Picture: Irish Financial Services Centre, IFSC, by the River Liffey in Dublin. Getty Images.)