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Taoiseach’s ‘busy diary’ left Clegg out in the cold at Davos

Micheál Martin subsequently met other business officials from TikTok and Analog Devices after declining meeting with Meta’s top policy executive

Last month, Nick Clegg announced that he would be in charge of deciding whether Donald Trump, the former US president, will be allowed to return to Facebook and Instagram in 2023.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin declined a meeting with Nick Clegg, Meta’s top policy executive, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, even as he met with officials from TikTok and Analog Devices.

Records show that Dualta Ó Broin, Meta’s chief Irish lobbyist, asked the government a month in advance if Martin was willing to meet Clegg at the forum in May.

“Due to the Taoiseach’s busy diary”, however, the company was told he would be unable ...