Apple Celebrates 40 Years of Community At Its Cork Campus in Ireland

[MacRumors]

Apple has published an article on its website celebrating 40 years of community at its Cork campus in Ireland.

The story of Apple in Ireland began in 1980 with a single manufacturing facility and 60 employees. Fast-forward to today, and Ireland is home to more than 6,000 Apple employees and a sprawling campus in the city of Cork. As Apple celebrates its 40th anniversary in Ireland, the original manufacturing facility has expanded and is now part of a campus that includes AppleCare, Operations, Logistics, and a variety of other teams staffed by a diverse group of employees representing over 90 nationalities. Cork also serves as Apple’s European headquarters, supporting customers across the continent and beyond.

The newsroom article includes interviews with staff, including some members who have worked at the campus for over 30 years, and highlights employee initiatives such as Cork's LGBTQ Diversity Network Association (DNA) and the soon-to-be launched Cork Accessibility DNA, two of Apple's many DNAs that connect employees with shared interests, backgrounds, and values.

In addition, the report highlights Apple's Giving program in Cork, which has supported more than 400 registered charities in Ireland. For every hour a Cork employee volunteers, Apple matches their time with a monetary donation to the same charity. So far in 2020, 43 percent of all Cork employees have participated in volunteering activities.

The piece also mentions efforts around environmental responsibility. The Cork campus, like all Apple facilities, runs on 100 percent clean energy, has more than 200 solar thermal panels, and rainwater is harvested from the roof to supply restrooms across the campus. It has also achieved Zero Waste to Landfill, including for its manufacturing facility.

Article Link: Apple Celebrates 40 Years of Community At Its Cork Campus in Ireland

 

[G5isAlive]

actually I was impressed with harvesting rainwater for restrooms... is this common practice in Europe?

 

[farmerabc]

actually I was impressed with harvesting rainwater for restrooms

But what do they do if it's not raini.....Oh, Ireland, never mind.

 

[717]

Cork: home of the Sultans of Ping

 

[and 1989 others]

I always found the location very strange for a distribution centre. Cork Airport is not that big, you need a ferry to get to Mainland England that is hours and hours away. And the rest pf county Cork is windy small narrow roads.

 

[kevingaffney]

And despite being 40 years here, we still cant buy a HomePod here and still have no apple store

 

[The Mercurian]

I always found the location very strange for a distribution centre. Cork Airport is not that big, you need a ferry to get to Mainland England that is hours and hours away. And the rest pf county Cork is windy small narrow roads.

If you order a Mac in Ireland they ship from UK ?‍♂️ Hinckley or Tamworth or some place like that I forget exactly.

 

[GigabitEthernet]

At Cork they (used to?) make the iMac.

 

[rmoliv]

And despite being 40 years here, we still cant buy a HomePod here and still have no apple store

The UK is just a swim away (in case there’s no store in NI)...

 

[frederickfm]

And there’s still not a single Apple Store in Ireland.

 

[pelowj]

a ferry to get to Mainland England

Mainland England? 1) Ireland has no connection whatsoever with England, so what is England supposedly the mainland of? 2) If you meant to say mainland UK, I remind you that Ireland is a sovereign nation, with no connection whatsoever with the UK.

 

[pelowj]

And there’s still not a single Apple Store in Ireland.

There is — Belfast.

 

[pelowj]

If you order a Mac in Ireland they ship from UK ?‍♂️ Hinckley or Tamworth or some place like that I forget exactly.

In the past, yes. It'll most likely come from Eindhoven now with Brexit proper happening on 1st Jan.

 

[reinvdo]

cool: that was in the time Europe actually produced physical consumer goods... those days are long gone unfortunately. hopefully they will come back one day...

 

[jlocker]

I thought it was old pictures of the factory in California, oh that is right we gave away are manufacturing, so people in the United States can live on welfare and unemployment systems.

 

[kevingaffney]

There is — Belfast.

Dublin is Capital city of Ireland and where first store should be located. Belfast is the UK, at present

 

[pelowj]

Dublin is Capital city of Ireland and where first store should be located. Belfast is the UK, at present

Belfast is still Ireland. Dublin is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland.

 

[Kuma-san]

I always found the location very strange for a distribution centre. Cork Airport is not that big, you need a ferry to get to Mainland England that is hours and hours away. And the rest pf county Cork is windy small narrow roads.

You have not been to Cork in a long long time - you may be thinking of the old Irish Tourist Board post card adverts. Cork is a thriving city and a gatway to Europe. And yes you can Fly to UK (8 destinations including London) from Cork and 40+ destinations in Europe. So you will not have to swim..... Granted with Covid-19 some locations may not fly currently. [I am not from Cork - but it is a nice city to visit]

 

[jlocker]

Apple Computers Used to Be Built in the U.S. It Was a Mess. (Published 2018)

Steve Jobs tried to create a manufacturing culture in Silicon Valley. As one former Apple engineer put it, "It wasn't great for business."

www.nytimes.com

"But unlike Detroit’s automotive model of the mid-20th century, relatively few middle-class jobs were created, and the region is marked by a vast concentration of wealth in the upper, white-collar reaches."

When we use to care that people in the United States had jobs. And all could have been fixed with better just in time manufacturing and adding robotic process.

 

[jonnysods]

And there’s still not a single Apple Store in Ireland.

This seems crazy to me!

 

[SirAnthonyHopkins]

Belfast is still Ireland. Dublin is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland.

Belfast is on the island of Ireland. It isn't part of the country of Ireland. Yet.

 

[SirAnthonyHopkins]

This is deeply cynical. They have 6,000 employees there! The company could exist in Ireland without any employees and still benefit from the non-resident Irish company structure on which most of their tax avoidance has been based. A favourable tax scheme is one of many reasons that Apple located, and is still located, in Ireland.

It feels more cynical for Apple to celebrate its "community" in Ireland, having narrowly avoided having to pay back €13bn in taxes just a few months ago effectively thanks to a loophole.

(yes, the Irish government favoured Apple on this case, because of course it did, because it's beneficial to the government to have Apple in Ireland. but it should also be beneficial to the people of Ireland in a fairer way than it currently is.)

 

[MRrainer]

Looking at the pictures, I realized that in the future, this will mark the period in time when people started to wear masks.
Kids will learn it in history classes.

And you can say you witnessed it...

 

[Weaselboy]

Moderator Note:

If you would like to discuss Apple's tax situation as it relates to Ireland, please start a thread in the Politics, Religion, and Social Issues forum rather than raise that issue in this thread.

 

[Moi Ici]

And despite being 40 years here, we still cant buy a HomePod here and still have no apple store

I KNOW RIGHT!!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYY.........taxes?