No moral high ground in Apple mess of our making

Who holds the high moral ground in this awful Apple mess? Who can claim to be speaking without forked tongue, asks Michael Clifford

Since the EU’s ruling on Apple’s €13bn in back-taxes was announced on Tuesday, the ramparts have been rushed, with all and sundry making definitive statements.

Almost immediately, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the EU was wrong. How could he know? He might say he disputes the findings, but he made a definitive declaration without approval from cabinet.