Following three and a half months of relative silence over the Apple case, arguments came in thick and fast in a considerable row that broke out on Monday 19 December.
Readers may recall that at the end of August of this year, the Commission concluded that the American company had received undue tax advantages in Ireland and was required to pay back €13 billion to the Irish tax authorities (see EUROPE 11612).
On this occasion, Ireland got in the first shot, publishing its own reasoning...