IDA chief describes European Commission legal threat on Apple tax "unwarranted, unfounded and contradictory"

The chief executive of IDA Ireland has labelled the European Commission's threat to take legal action if Ireland fails to resolve the Apple tax controversy as "unwarranted, unfounded and contradictory", writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Martin Shanahan made the comment in a staunch defence of the Government position on the issue just 24 hours after Brussels announced it is taking Ireland to the European Court of Justice over the matter.