NOTE: Headline is misleading. Actually what they are starting to do is put the money into escrow while the case moves slowly through the courts. Ireland is not

NOTE: Headline is misleading. Actually what they are starting to do is put the money into escrow while the case moves slowly through the courts. Ireland is not yet receiving money for back taxes. Ireland's position is still that the taxes are not owed and that the government made no improper deals. It will take some years before the taxes are actually paid to Ireland or Apple gets the money back from escrow.