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Michael McGrath hits back; Ireland at centre of Big Tech row – this week’s Business Post

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This week’s paper includes Michael McGrath hitting out at the government’s fiscal advisory council, and the Data Protection Commission criticising European regulators

Not for the first time, the government is under fire from its own fiscal advisor, accused of “financial gimmickry” over its budgetary processes.

Now Michael McGrath has hit back, as our top story today shows. In a hard-hitting article, the finance minister says he “strongly disagrees” with the assessment of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) that his government has dressed up permanent spending measures as once-off.

We also have a significant story on a major row that has erupted between Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) and European regulators over the enforcement of privacy rules on Meta. Donal MacNamee has the details, as well as an analysis of what it all means.