Lots of good infrastructure investment (and friends from Ireland found it hilarious that British builders were building lots of it for Irish people this time round ;))
The scale of the Irish corporate capture is huge. When the EU found that Apple avoided €13bn in taxes owed to Ireland the Irish government tried to appeal it along with Apple, and it was 2024 before they were literally *forced* to collect the taxes they were owed.
The Penguin of Evil
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2026-01-17 15:55:00 UTC
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