Ireland

Ireland's international tech sector bumps up against language barrier

A taxing problem for US and European firms relocating

On-Prem11 May 2016 | 60

Ireland's hefty data industry demands equally big industry cop

Republic in three-way EU, US, tech-mega-giant sqeeze

Legal10 May 2016 | 5

Ireland's tax arrangements are as clear as a pint of Guinness

Comment International system in general needs greater transparency

Channel09 May 2016 | 33

Apple will be grilled by Irish National Planning Board over €850m data centre plan

'It's a 500 acre forest: there's room for Apple and the badgers'

On-Prem27 Apr 2016 | 21

Colander-wearing Irishman denied driver's licence in Pastafarian slapdown

Oh, faith of our pastas...

Legal26 Apr 2016 | 58

Woz says 'Jobs started Apple for money' – then says it must pay 50% tax like he does

Dead Steve Jobs would be spinning in his grave

On-Prem22 Apr 2016 | 50

Irish researchers sweep smartphones clear of super bugs

Biological cleansing agent bursts forth in home of Westlife

Science22 Apr 2016 | 21

Irish mum coughs to children's allowance fiddle

Claimed while working for Microsoft in Oz, court hears

Legal21 Apr 2016 | 16

12,000 chopped: Intel finds its inner paranoid

The ghost of Grove that drove CEO Krzanich

Channel21 Apr 2016 | 35

Intel told Irish council all was well just before 12k job cuts announced

Kildare politicians not happy with silence over Leixlip plant

Channel21 Apr 2016 | 25

Irish shun beer, whiskey in favour of … wine

Are you sure that’s the right tricolour you’re flying there lads?

Bootnotes17 Mar 2016 | 39

Irish kids get first-person view of 1916 uprising... via Minecraft

Grainy B&W pics and footage just don’t cut it - we want pixels

Personal Tech09 Feb 2016 | 9

Bats and badgers hold up Apple’s Irish data centre plans

Mac vendor wants to build over a field of Athenry

On-Prem05 Feb 2016 | 42

Eight-billion-dollar Irish tax bill looms over Apple

Oh Timmy boy… the tax, the tax is calling…

Channel15 Jan 2016 | 94

German ex-pat jailed for smearing own pat all over Cork apartment

Former Apple worker stored three months worth of own, er, waste

Bootnotes27 Nov 2015 | 67

Irish electricity company threatens to cut off graveyard

Unregistered 'occupant' receives disconnection notice

Bootnotes23 Nov 2015 | 83

Apple to add 1000 jobs to Cork payroll

Tax haven? What tax haven!

On-Prem11 Nov 2015 | 11

Irish roll out obligatory drone register

If it weighs over 1kg, we want the details

Legal11 Nov 2015 | 26

Oh, OK then: Ireland will probe Max Schrems' Facebook complaints

Euro court verdict meant it couldn't say no any longer

Legal21 Oct 2015 | 29

Ireland moves to scrap 1 and 2 cent coins

Cash transaction 'coin rounding' targets euro shrapnel

Bootnotes19 Oct 2015 | 109

Accenture extends tentacles with €25m Dublin R&D centre

No particular reason for the Emerald Isle, with its really low corporation tax

Channel01 Oct 2015 | 4

What does EU farm subsidy get spent on? Yes, broadband for Irish farmers

It's not a superhighway, it's a bandwidth mountain. Or lake

Networks01 Oct 2015 | 17

Handing over emails in an Irish server to the FBI will spark a global free-for-all, warns Microsoft

China will be next, howls Redmond lawyer in court

Legal10 Sep 2015 | 47

Roll up, roll up: Microsoft, those Irish emails and angry Feds

Court to hear arguments in cross-Atlantic data protection bunfight

Legal09 Sep 2015 | 58

Are you avoiding tax, big tech firm? Not any more you won't, growl MEPs

Plus: Commission ruling on Irish Apple case expected in coming weeks

Legal07 Sep 2015 | 31

Burton made channel overlord at F5 Networks

This is not about buying into a product, it’s buying into a ‘strategy’

Channel06 Jul 2015 | 1

Au-mazing! Cornwall sold GOLD to Ireland back in the Bronze Age

Irishmen more interested in bling than their unflashy Kernow brethren, says study

Science08 Jun 2015 | 33

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Bog-standard boxty

Looking for a husband? This Irish no-frills spud-based stodge can help

Science23 May 2015 | 44

Dropbox sets up PO box in Ireland to handle non-US services

When Irish eyes are smiling, there'll be lower tax to pay

SaaS04 May 2015 | 6

Forum chat is like Clarkson punching you repeatedly in the face

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Oh, you're one of them there racists, are you?

Bootnotes28 Mar 2015 | 185

Gov.UK begs Google 'n' U.S. tech pals: Forget Ireland, come to Blighty

And if you don't... wa-hey, diverted profits tax. *Cough*

Legal12 Feb 2015 | 33

'Privacy is DAMAGING to PROGRESS' says Irish big data whitepaper

'Magna Carta for data' full of technobabble bullshit

On-Prem06 Feb 2015 | 38

Ireland: Hey, you. America. Hands off Microsoft's email cloud servers

FREEZE SaaS-HOLE

SaaS24 Dec 2014 | 40

DoJ's extra-territorial data demands: now Ireland is baulking

Asks for European Commission's opinion

Legal10 Dec 2014 | 37

Ireland's data cops: Yes, we probed LinkedIn. Don't ask what we found

Was career-climbers' website naughty? Did it get a slap? NOBODY knows

Legal05 Nov 2014 | 8

Google's Nest partners up with utility company – on smart thermostats

Web Summit Vows: Your data is safe with us

Personal Tech05 Nov 2014 | 22

Facebook pays INFINITELY MORE UK corp tax than in 2012

Thanks for the £3k, Zuck. Doh! you're IN CREDIT. Guess not

On-Prem22 Oct 2014 | 98

It's official: EU chiefs WILL probe Apple's Irish tax deal

But if impropriety found, Ireland, not Apple, will have to fix it

Legal30 Sep 2014 | 25

EU to accuse Ireland of giving Apple an overly peachy tax deal – report

Probe expected to say single-digit rate was unlawful

Channel29 Sep 2014 | 36

Irish credit unions in privacy breach

Private investigators duped DSP: reports

Security18 Aug 2014 | 2

Check your Clungene, Irish women warned

Have a quick shufti, you may not be pregnant after all

Bootnotes07 Aug 2014 | 20

Drone's drug airdrop mission ends in failure for Irish prisoners

Contraband-laden quadcopter crashes in Dublin chokey's yard

Legal26 Jun 2014 | 47

Irish court peels off gloves, hands Facebook PROBE request to ECJ

Top court to decide if EU law needs PRISM tweak

Legal18 Jun 2014 | 13

Police pen shortage threatens Irish public order

Judge warns Limerick gardaí to stock up sharpish

Bootnotes10 Mar 2014 | 45

Microsoft expands Dublin bit barn to slurp Euro-Data

Major expansion for data morgue

On-Prem03 Dec 2013 | 4

Ireland revisits tax laws to cook Apple

'Aggressive tax planning' not welcome

Channel16 Oct 2013 | 31

SEC review clears Apple of dodgy tax dealings

When Irish eyes are smiling

Channel04 Oct 2013 | 19

Vodafone 'settled SECRET £57m Irish tax wrangle' back in 2009

Look, taxman, here's a few mil, now sod off will you?

On-Prem19 Aug 2013 | 8

Irish watchdog won't probe Apple, Facebook over PRISM... but COULD IT?

Analysis Yes, and it SHOULD, says information law specialist

Legal30 Jul 2013 | 20

Irish gov refuses to haul Google, Apple into MPs' tax inquiry

If you want a Double Irish-Dutch Sandwich, boys, that's your private affair

Legal04 Jul 2013 | 31

IBM's $1bn layoffs latest: Now axe swings in US, Canada - reports

Union claims 121 storage bods canned after dismal sales

Storage13 Jun 2013 | 15

World's richest hobo (Apple) has worked 'tax-free' in Ireland since '80s

Ex-veep lifts lid on homeless fondleslab maker's finances

On-Prem24 May 2013 | 115

Cook: Apple has 'no current plan' to pull profits out of Ireland

Tells Senate he'd need a single-digit tax rate for that

Legal21 May 2013 | 49

Irish deputy PM: You want more tax from Apple? Your problem, not ours

Póg mo thóin, you crazy Yanks

On-Prem21 May 2013 | 122

Google AND Yahoo! hijacked in Ireland after domain namespace grab

Human error or something more sinister?

Networks10 Oct 2012 | 12

Facebook given 4 weeks to FULLY SATISFY Irish data commissioner

Review mainly leads to whiskey doubles all round

Legal21 Sep 2012 | 15