THE publication yesterday, by the European Commission, of its full ruling in which it concluded that Ireland offered computer and cultural behemoth Apple up to €13bn in illegal state aid intensifies a dispute that will take years, maybe even the bones of a decade, to resolve. 

Fast food giant McDonald’s is to attempt to frustrate Supermac’s expansion plans into Europe for a second time after formally objecting to the Galway firm using the Supermac’s logo to sell its curry chips, snack box, and other fast food in the EU outside Ireland.