Treaties bind nations to behave in certain ways all the time, it's basically what they are for.
EU membership is in effect a set of treaties that a member-nation signs up to, which create these supra-national bodies like the court and also a lot of trade and tax rules which get harmonised across the union. Ireland has signed these treaties, which give it access to the market and the benefits of being in the EU.
If it wishes to set its tax rules without reference to the EU, it will either need to get the EU rules changed through the political process, or leave the treaties and treaty organisations.
Yes, you can view this as ceding sovereignty, but in some ways every treaty does that.
Treaties bind nations to behave in certain ways all the time, it's basically what they are for.
EU membership is in effect a set of treaties that a member-nation signs up to, which create these supra-national bodies like the court and also a lot of trade and tax rules which get harmonised across the union. Ireland has signed these treaties, which give it access to the market and the benefits of being in the EU.
If it wishes to set its tax rules without reference to the EU, it will either need to get the EU rules changed through the political process, or leave the treaties and treaty organisations.
Yes, you can view this as ceding sovereignty, but in some ways every treaty does that.