Why Apple and Ireland Are Finally Starting to Fall Out of Love
- Irish prime minister demands Apple pay tax arrears quickly
- Tensions mount over Apple’s proposed $1 billion data center
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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A gray afternoon in Dublin may have marked the point where Ireland and Apple truly started to fall out of love, at least publicly.
Up until about 4.15 p.m. on Tuesday, it was impossible to place a cigarette paper between Ireland’s hip young prime minister Leo Varadkar and Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook, as they united to fight Europe’s contention that the government had granted the iPhone maker a sweetheart tax deal.