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The Irish DPC is supposed to be an independent regulator. In practice, it has acted as an arm of Irish economic policy.

This story shows the DPC for what it is: a regulator that was captured from the beginning. The idea that the DPC might sue EPDB is astonishing and shocking.

This comes as I read of Irish plans for a watered-down Northern Ireland Protocol. That would certainly please the UK government; but it risks subverting EU law. If the Irish government is bent on circumventing EU law, perhaps they should just get out of the EU.