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Not these days perhaps, but back in the 1990's it would have. Who else was there, EMC? And if Apple did leave it's not unrealistic that the reasons that made t
by secondcoming 6y ago
Not these days perhaps, but back in the 1990's it would have. Who else was there, EMC?
And if Apple did leave it's not unrealistic that the reasons that made them leave would also be on the minds of the other multinationals in the area.
- rusk 6y agoIMO this sounds like fairly shaky ground to build your economy on
- Supernaut 6y agoHistory demonstrates otherwise. Apple has had facilities in Ireland since 1979. Most of the Apple IIs that were sold in Europe were built in Cork.
- secondcoming 6y agoSure was, but 1980's Ireland had pretty much no economy at all. Emigration was an expectation, not a privilege. The country needed all it could get. And it eventually did very well, then screwed it up in the Global Financial Crisis, but now seems to be doing quite well (until Brexit starts to have an effect).
- rusk 6y agoThat was 40 years ago, and it brought real actual manufacturing to these shores. The situation nowadays is very different.