Challenger banks Revolut, Bunq, N26 and Monzo will not appear before an Oireachtas committee today which is examining how these neobanks, some of which are aggressively pursuing market share in Ireland, should be regulated. Ian Curran reports.

Also under the spotlight are TikTok and LinkedIn , which, Arthur Beesley writes, media regulator Coimisiún na Meán announced on Tuesday it was investigating whether how they allow people to report content they suspect to be illegal is in line with EU rules.

It comes as a Freedom of Information request by Ken Foxe reveals that the Data Protection Commission (DPC) sought an increase of more than one-third in its budget earlier this year as it looked to combat the “unfair narrative” that it was soft on Big Tech.