Irish finance minister Paschal Donohoe told Germany's that the European Commission's demand for Dublin to collect up to €13bn in back taxes from Apple was unjustified. "We are not the global tax collector for everybody else," he said. Last year, the EU ruled that Apple has to repay taxes to Ireland after finding the company had paid so little that it amounted to state aid.
The Premier League returns tonight but a Dublin-based gambler with a huge knowledge of a whole host of other leagues has already hit one bookie very hard this week.
1992 Olympic gold medalist Michael Carruth has backed Floyd Mayweather Jr. to defeat UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor in the Dubliner's professional boxing debut in Las Vegas later this month.
