Ireland

Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) 🇮🇪, also simply known as Ireland (Irish: Éire), is a country in , bordering Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. Its capital and largest city is .
==Statistics==
The land area of Ireland is 26,596 square miles (68,883 km2), making it the . As of November 2022, the population of that combined area was estimated to be 5,275,004, making it the in the world at the time.
==Apple in Ireland==
Apple Computer established operations in in 1980 and employed about 6,000 people in the area as of 2022.Apple To Expand Operations In Ireland, Business Facilities. 2022-05-26. The successor company, Apple Inc., does not directly operate any physical retail stores in Ireland and distributes its products online and through premium resellers, such as Spectra Photo back in the 1980s.Why there are no Apple Stores in the Republic - and probably won't be for a while by Peter Bodkin, The Journal. 2015-03-21. However, Apple has been known for taking advantage of Ireland's unique tax laws to reduce its tax burden on its profits within the European Union.Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by Andrew Walker, BBC. 2020-07-15.
==References==
==External links==
*Government of Ireland official portal
**Ireland official holiday and travel guide
**Welcome to Tourism Ireland
*Ireland at OECD
*Apple (Ireland) at Apple
*Atlas of Ireland at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia
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