European People's Party congress

Sir, – In light of John B Dillon's comments regarding The Irish Times 's "unpatriotic act" (March 10th) of revealing Apple's tax arrangements from 2004 to 2008, I would like to offer my congratulations on your scoop. If only it had been reported in 2004 we might have had an extra €854 million in the exchequer when the global financial crisis of 2008 hit. – Yours, etc,

PAUL McELLIGOTT,

Carrickbrack Heath,

Sutton,

Dublin 13.