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Apple CEO Tim Cook Heads to Ireland to Visit Government Officials, Company Facilities

adamtj11 said:
Journalist obviously isn't too familiar with Apple.

"Apple is currently battling to keep pace with soaring worldwide demand for their products including the new iPad 2, the iPhone5 and iCloud services."
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No, this is accurate in Ireland[*] ! The iPad 2 and iPhone 5 are the newest Apple products officially available due to high taxes on imports and the devalued peso.

If you want the latest Apple products you have to travel abroad to buy them, or pay extremely high prices on the black market.


[*] or am I thinking of Argentina? I always get those two confused!
 
MacRumorUser said:
Sod Dublin, put it in Kerry for us culchies !!! :p
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I'm actually from Kerry too haha

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Reason077 said:
No, this is accurate in Ireland[*] ! The iPad 2 and iPhone 5 are the newest Apple products officially available due to high taxes on imports and the devalued peso.

If you want the latest Apple products you have to travel abroad to buy them, or pay extremely high prices on the black market.


[*] or am I thinking of Argentina? I always get those two confused!
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Are you feeling alright? Ireland is a country in the European Union, we definitely don't use the peso and don't have a high import tax and we have all the latest Apple devices for sale.
 
smithrh said:
Guinness?
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My favorite vareity is a "Cork County Guinness" which is a regular pint of Guinness with an orange, lemon or a lime slice squeezed in it to cut the flavor. With the south of Ireland at the top of the Atlantic jet stream, there are tropical tree including Orange, Limes and Lemons grown there.
 
MacRumorUser said:
Maybe they will FINALLY open an Apple Store in Ireland......... ;)

Yes but the tax funnel means they don't pay much tax here either, but the Irish government can't do anything out of fear of losing 4000 jobs......

But hey if St.Bono is comfortable not paying tax in Ireland, we can't be harsh on Apple too much.
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The Irish Republic and Silicon Valley has a long relationship going back decades. Intel and a few other semiconductor companies have fabs on the island and many electronic systems companies also have offices.

Know many that have taken jobs out here on terms of getting company paid trips out to Ireland with a some vacation time added to it. A few have met their wives at pubs in Ireland.

My take is they are looking to gear up production of the new Mac Pro and a few others products there for EU and Middle East distribution. Also, the labor base is very well educated and makes for good engineering crews.

Building in Cork allows a short trip to freighters docked in the east of city Cork and into the Galeic sea right into the North Sea and Atlantic shipping lanes.

All with very good tax breaks other EU countries do not offer. I'd love to see and Apple store in Dublin. Why there is not one is a very good question.
 
My G4 Cube was born in Cork.

And the customer service bods are always so helpful.

So all things considered I like the fact Apple's Europe HQ is a leafy campus in Ireland, instead of some soul-destroying "business park" in an M25 shoitehole like Slough.
 
zen said:
"Apple has maintained a significant presence in the country for several decades."

Erm. Apple was only founded in 1976. That's stretching "several" a little far!
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nearly 40 years is not several decades? another 10 yearsand it would be "half a century"
 
prowlmedia said:
It's insane there is no Apple store in Dublin.
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I'd love to see an official apple store in Dublin but there are several premium resellers around Dublin and Ireland and they do a great job. Actually, I doubt 99% of their customers realise it's not an actual store owned by apple.
 
prowlmedia said:
It's insane there is no Apple store in Dublin.
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Exactly! Sure they give us jobs, but with the tax manipulation, one little Apple Store would make me happier.

Instead we have these "officially licensed CompuB stores". They emulate Apple's aesthetic sort off but it's just not the same...

Apple products are shockingly common in Ireland so I don't see why they won't build one.

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eladnova said:
I'd love to see an official apple store in Dublin but there are several premium resellers around Dublin and Ireland and they do a great job. Actually, I doubt 99% of their customers realise it's not an actual store owned by apple.
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I have no particular issue with the CompuB stores at all. It would just be nice to have one REAL store :p
 
WallToWallMacs said:
And in fairness though when you tax the employees and the business itself you're effectively double dipping on the tax take anyway. If I was in Ireland I'd sooner Apple pay no tax at all if it means that the workforce doubles in size given that the money will boomerang back at the state via the income tax and GST being paid on goods and services being consumed.
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Yes, but that's not the way the liberals/progressives/Democrats here in the US think.
 
tevion5 said:
Exactly! Sure they give us jobs, but with the tax manipulation, one little Apple Store would make me happier.

Instead we have these "officially licensed CompuB stores". They emulate Apple's aesthetic sort off but it's just not the same...

Apple products are shockingly common in Ireland so I don't see why they won't build one.
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I guess with the likes of PC World/Curry's and Harvey Norman also now carrying Apple hardware they just don't see a need, but yeah 1 flagship Apple Store in the centre of Dublin would be nice, but I guess Dublin is considered a small city by a lot of European cities that do have an Apple Store - so maybe it's a 'populace' thing.
 
NOTmacbookpro13 said:
Ireland is a country in the European Union, we definitely don't use the peso and don't have a high import tax and we have all the latest Apple devices for sale.
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Oh, right you are. Turns out I was indeed thinking of Argentina. Oops! Ireland is the one with the Leprechauns and Guinness.
 
MacRumorUser said:
paying the many new austerity taxes that are finally getting the country out of the hole it dug with the bank and property crisis.
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What??? Finally getting us out of the hole? If anything its getting worse. Are you even reading what is going on?
 
mossy said:
What??? Finally getting us out of the hole? If anything its getting worse. Are you even reading what is going on?
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Yes but for the first time in years I finally see folks around here having some hope, a general mood of optimism rather than pessimism. My workload is increasing as people have started projects they had put on hold for the last while. Have any of us got any more money ? Hell no. But regardless of that I am sensing folks are a little more hopeful or at least assured. The constant TV news announcements of job losses over the years has subsided somewhat too. Now this is all my subjective opinion based on my life and of those I work and interact with, and therefore if you have a different opinion that's fine.

As for reading what's going on, have you read that jobless figures are at 12.4% from its peak in jan 12 from 15.1%

Http://www.tradingeconomics.com/ireland/unemployment-rate

Likewise house prices in the capital at least have begun to increase by 2.4%

Whilst nationally house prices still declined by 0.9% in the final three months of 2013 - this was the slowest in over six years. With price stabilisation particularly in Cork, where the median price was unchanged.

Likewise with recent announcement that the central bank predicts a 2.1% growth in the economy in 2014 of GDP and GNP of around 2.2% are also glimmers of hope that we simply have not had in the last number of years...

So yes I do read, and yes I stand by my statement. I'm still skint, but I do think things are improving, though I will be struggling with increase in private healthcare .....
 
Merlin65 said:
Doubt it. There are more foreign nationals in the UK. If a translator is needed the UK can send one from the hospitals or schools. :)
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I think he meant Kenny can be a hard boy for a foreigner to understand :p

He's my Taoiseach and I can barely listen to him for more than a few seconds.
 
The Irish are always optimistic - nothing new there. I’m just giving an educated view of my observations of Irish and European affairs. As a Graphic/Packaging Designer I was lucky enough to be insulated from it (only because 90% of my work is from repeat clients outside Ireland). My argument is with the claim "finally getting the country out of the hole". It’s so unrealistic.

MacRumorUser said:
As for reading what's going on, have you read that jobless figures are at 12.4% from its peak in jan 12 from 15.1%
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Do you really believe these figures - with mass emigration, jobs bridge, all the self employed who cannot get the dole and the people forced into ridiculous 'schemes'? Kenny and Co are hell-bent on making it hard for the youth to stay in Ireland. A real success indeed.

MacRumorUser said:
Likewise house prices in the capital at least have begun to increase by 2.4%

Whilst nationally house prices still declined by 0.9% in the final three months of 2013 - this was the slowest in over six years. With price stabilisation particularly in Cork, where the median price was unchanged.
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More hype. The 'gate-keepers' spinning again. The banks are hard at work trying to create another small property bubble to claw back some of the massive losses they incurred. Banks are giving foreign investors with portfolios of €2,000,000 or more - mortgages with them only having to put 50% of the price down - and start paying the other 50% five years later interest free. It's plain as day to see. There are few ordinary people getting mortgages now. But they will when the demand increases. If the Irish fall for this again - I give up!

MacRumorUser said:
Likewise with recent announcement that the central bank predicts a 2.1% growth in the economy in 2014 of GDP and GNP of around 2.2% are also glimmers of hope that we simply have not had in the last number of years...
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Seriously - How many times have we heard this - only for it to be revised down? Eurozone inflation is way below target. How are these figures supposed to be met? We won't grow until the big boys in Europe do. It's all hype coming up to the European elections.

I'm glad you are getting on ok (seriously) - but please don't say that 'we' are finally getting out of the hole - because the fact is 'we' are not. Austerity is still being imposed on us. The most vulnerable in society, such as the elderly and disabled are being trampled on by Kenny and Co. People are still suffering and will continue to, until at least 2020. Jobs are being lost everyday (they are also being created - but very little) along with mass emigration. There are media black-outs on protests against austerity. The suicide rate has increased with upwards of 700 people (in such a small country) taking their lives every year since 2008. This is directly related to the continuing austerity program.

There is no point in sugar-coating the true problems that face the overwhelming majority of decent Irish people everyday - for the benefit of the people (from around the world) who use this forum.

Best of luck...
 
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tevion5 said:
Exactly! Sure they give us jobs, but with the tax manipulation, one little Apple Store would make me happier.

Instead we have these "officially licensed CompuB stores". They emulate Apple's aesthetic sort off but it's just not the same...

Apple products are shockingly common in Ireland so I don't see why they won't build one.

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I have no particular issue with the CompuB stores at all. It would just be nice to have one REAL store :p
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It would also be real nice if we weren't bent over so hard in the price of Apple products. :p
 
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