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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

It sounds so bizarre that Ireland has been fighting in court to avoid having to receive €13bn from Apple.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Because its main export was/is being a tax haven inside the EU.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yep. They tried desperately to build up an IT economy and for that wanted to appease all the tech companies.

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