11 Facts About Feargal O'Rourke

Feargal O'Rourke was born on 3 August 1964 and is an Irish accountant and corporate tax expert, who was the managing partner of PwC in Ireland.

Feargal O'Rourke is considered the architect of the Double Irish tax scheme used by US firms such as Apple, Google and Facebook in Ireland, and a leader in the development of corporate tax planning tools, and tax legislation, for US multinationals in Ireland.

Feargal O'Rourke is the son of former Irish minister Mary O'Rourke, nephew of former Irish Tanaiste Brian Lenihan Snr, and cousin of former Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan Jnr, and former Irish Minister of State Conor Lenihan.

Feargal O'Rourke chaired the college branch of Fianna Fail at UCD and joined the national executive on graduation.

Feargal O'Rourke rejects the labels, but rejects the notion that the Irish tax code shouldn't legally, and transparently, exploit loopholes in the US tax code:.

In October 2013, Feargal O'Rourke predicted the end of the Double Irish, which was closed to new entrants in January 2015.

In one February 2014 radio interview, Feargal O'Rourke asserted that "there was a hole the size of the Grand Canyon", in the BEA analysis of Ireland's ETR.

Bloomberg noted in October 2013 that Feargal O'Rourke is regarded a "hero" in Ireland.

Feargal O'Rourke is a sought after commentator on the Irish economy, and on Irish corporate taxation policy.

Feargal O'Rourke has sat on several major Irish State taxation review groups, including the major 2009 Commission on Taxation, and is one of the 5 people named in Ireland's "Independent Persons of Standing" list under the Double Taxation Arbitration Convention.

Feargal O'Rourke sits on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland, the lobby group for US multinationals in Ireland.