The $17bn payment was significantly boosted after the EU’s top court in 2024 ordered Apple to pay €13bn in back taxes. The court ruled that Ireland had granted the tech giant “unlawful aid”, resulting in a tax rate of less than 1 per cent. Apple paid $43bn in corporate income taxes worldwide last year.

Apple's Irish tax arrangements were scrutinized for more than a decade, and has now, finally, culminated in one of the largest corporate tax recoveries ever ordered by the European Union.

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The country's first strategy of its kind also brings stricter due diligence for firms dealing with overseas crypto companies.

Apple paid Ireland $17 billion in corporate income taxes in 2025, accounting for 40% of its worldwide total. Here are the details.

Ireland put the disappointment of missing out on a top-eight place behind them by taking a major step towards their best ever finish at a hockey World Cup thanks to a 7-4 win over Malaysia.

After years of struggling to raise the money to keep his dreams of ​Olympic skeet shooting glory for Ireland afloat, Jack Fairclough is closer to his target than ever thanks to a new ‌tranche of funding from the European Shooting Confederation (ESC).