Full coverage: Michael McGrath

A year into the job, Commissioner Michael McGrath discusses plans to bolster EU competitiveness, including new details of the upcoming bloc-wide 28th regime for companies. He also restates Europe's unwavering support for Ukraine.

The Taoiseach targets business simplification, “a bigger budget”, and enlargement during Ireland’s leadership of the Council of the EU in the second half of next year. He has a Brussels ally in party colleague and Commissioner Michael McGrath.

Commissioner Michael McGrath is spearheading new measures to preserve democracy against AI threats. The US administration and big tech won’t take a new slate of rules lying down.

The EU justice commissioner Michael McGrath wants tougher powers to investigate Chinese e-commerce giants and will propose reforms to give the EU executive greater powers to probe companies like Shein and Temu.

The EU justice commissioner said he plans to raise the issue of product safety and standards on platforms like Shein and Temu with the Chinese authorities.

Changes to Apple’s tax structure have skewed short-term Exchequer figures for three years but multinationals are again lining up large taxable profits in Ireland in 2024.

The remarkable turnaround in Ireland’s economy over the past decade has been built on the back of a small cohort of multinationals. However, the better they do, the more pressure will come on Ireland.

Before an audience of investors, Minister McGrath set out his vision for the Department of Finance in 2024. His big theme: nurturing domestic companies and domestic investment.

Minister for Finance Michael McGrath has just unwrapped a €14bn budget package. In an in-depth interview, he explains the political and economic philosophies that underpin it.

Minister Michael McGrath has told the Bar Council that he is giving his "personal attention" to the question of restoring criminal legal aid fees for barristers and that a decision will be made in the coming weeks. The DPER minister had a private meeting with the representative body last week.