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Michael McGrath: ‘It is in all of our interests to have a cordial relationship with Britain’

The minister took a UK budget-week trip to London where he met with the Bank of England and Irish stock exchange operator Euronext

Michael McGrath visited London to cheer-lead the success of Irish business. Picture: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

Of the two finance ministers in London on Britain’s Budget Day, one was definitely more relaxed.

Michael McGrath arrived in the English capital on Wednesday to cheer-lead the success of Irish business, for a three-day trip that included a meeting with Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England Governor, and an event with Irish stock exchange operator Euronext.

Only a few kilometres away in the Houses of Parliament, British chancellor Jeremy Hunt was eeking out tax ...