There was a €2 billion improvement in the Exchequer surplus at the end of 2025 when receipts from the Apple tax ruling were excluded.

This Christmas, Apple employees are supporting Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. The Cork-based organisation, operating for nearly 50 years, enables people who are vision impaired and their families to achieve improved mobility and independence, writes Amy Campbell

Ireland has recovered more than 13 billion euro – plus interest – in corporation tax from US tech giant Apple.

Ann-Marie O’Gorman was electrocuted while holding a charging mobile phone in the bath last year

The AirPods Pro 3, billed as ‘the ultimate audio experience’ were launched on Tuesday along with Apple’s new iPhone 17 line-up and updated watches.

The council has attached 22 conditions to the planning permission to Apple for the additional car park spaces

The European Commission said the tech giants breached the Digital Markets Act.

Provisional figures were released by the Central Statistics Office on Monday.

The US may not have understood the complexity of tariffs on EU pharmaceuticals when it was first suggested, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

Jack Chambers has compared US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime to the circumstances which precipitated the Great Depression.

Ireland is in the process of recovering more than 13 billion euro – plus interest – in corporation tax from the US tech giant.

The accounts show that Apple's Irish unit paid out €8.2 billion in corporation taxes for the 12 months to the end of September.

The emerging preferred route for the long-awaited Cork northern distributor road was published late last month

The tech giant has been urged to comply with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

Gardaí seized luxury goods, suspected counterfeit items, and cash.

Child income poverty has fluctuated more in Northern Ireland than in the Republic of Ireland, according to a new report.

Speaking points prepared for CEO Michael Lohan said feedback from international clients suggested it had not changed the perception of Ireland for investors.

Apple was told by the EU to stop geo-blocking on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.

Simon Harris said his party will not go into government if ‘the rug is pulled from under first-time buyers’.

The coalition has set a housing target of 303,000 homes between 2025 and 2030.

Ireland is to receive €14.1 billion in back taxes and interest from Apple as a result of a landmark ruling in the European Court of Justice earlier this year.

Gardaí have seized fake Apple products worth €160,000 following searches in the west of Ireland

Ireland is to receive the back taxes from Apple as a result of a landmark ruling in the European Court of Justice last month.

The biggest budget in the history of the State has been unveiled, the last before an upcoming General Election.

The country has got a windfall of €14.1 billion as a result of an EU court ruling that Apple was given undue tax benefits.

The Central Bank has warned that around 52,000 new homes could be needed each year until 2050 to address shortages.

Here, we have a look at the topics likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

Jack Chambers said this may be ready shortly after Budget Day on October 1st

Party president Mary Lou McDonald proposed the initiative ahead of her party’s think-in event in Dublin.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform denied that measures in the spending plan would be influenced by electoral considerations.

Simon Harris said the three-party coalition Government will reflect ‘for a brief period’ of time before coming to a decision on how to use the funds.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has said it was his own view that the €13 billion Apple funds should be invested in infrastructure such as housing

Minister Paschal Donohoe said the government had been warned about spending more than has already been outlined in Budget 2025.

Mr Chambers said he expected Ireland would get the majority of the back tax funds, but said the total could be subject to “adjustments” by third party countries without specifying which or how many countries were involved.

The Government and Apple had argued the correct amount of tax had been paid.

The European Court of Justice decision restores a 2016 European Commission ruling that Ireland gave undue tax benefits to Apple, which would be illegal under EU state aid rules.

Apple said the record EU tax order defied reality and common sense

The Court of Justice of the EU has announced it is to hand down its decision in an appeal against a landmark court ruling involving Apple and the Irish Government on September 10th

The siblings ended their 15-year feud to reunite and announce the Oasis Live '25 tour, which takes to Dublin's Croke Park on August 16th and 17th 2025.

Breda Graham speaks to inspirational changemakers in Cork city who are leading the way for young people with the help of Apple’s Empowering Creatives programme.

The tech giant was accused of being ‘tone deaf’ after a new advert for the latest iPad showed creative tools being crushed by a hydraulic press.

The tech giant said it is aware of an issue where alarms do not play the expected sound.

Last September, Apple Operations International Limited lodged an application with Cork City Council seeking permission for the demolition of part of an existing warehousing building and the construction of a new extension to that building at its site in Hollymount Industrial Estate in Hollyhill. 

The advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union said a lower court’s ruling had contained ‘a series of errors in law’

The advocate general at the European Court of Justice issued an opinion about whether Apple should pay more than €13 billion in back taxes.

The Taoiseach said Apple's latest expansion showed the company remained committed to Cork, and proved there will be more jobs in the tech sector in the medium to long term.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Apple's operations in Co Cork on Thursday

The Hollywood actor is making the currently untitled Apple film in collaboration with Formula One and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

The tech giant is appearing before the EU's highest court on Tuesday

The pre-tax profits recorded by the Cork-based Apple Operations International Ltd and subsidiaries equate to daily pre-tax profits of $189 million to the year ending September 2022