Apple ruling: High farce hovering just on the right side of tragedy

AT LEAST we got value for money. We, the citizens, forked out, on the last count, €776,000 in legal fees to fight the EU competition commission’s attempts to give us money, writes Michael Clifford. 

The estimate of what we were due in back taxes from Apple varied over the last week from around €1 billion to €4 billion. And guess what? We’re in line for a full €13 billion. That’s about the same amount as we shovelled into AIB to make up for the shortfall left by big time Charlie bondholders.

So the lawyers done good by us, even if their brief was to ensure we got no money, even if they lost the case the government hired them to fight, they still came home dripping in billions.