The income tax revenue from Apple's employees in Cork (their Irish HQ) is a tiny tiny percentage of the corporate tax discount they negotiated. You may be righ

The income tax revenue from Apple's employees in Cork (their Irish HQ) is a tiny tiny percentage of the corporate tax discount they negotiated. You may be right that the Irish government lobbied them, but if they did, it was more for the appearance of creating jobs for political gains, rather than any actual benefit those jobs might bring to the economy.