From Dublin’s so-called Silicon Docks to the suburban business parks of the capital, Cork, Limerick and Galway, the 25 largest technology multinationals active in Ireland routed €312 billion in revenue and €97 billion in profits through Ireland in 2018, analysis of their accounts by The Currency shows. Figures reported so far show that their Irish-registered subsidiaries combined have paid at least €350 billion in dividends to their parents overseas since the start of 2018.  The combined Irish corporation tax charges reported by all companies in these 25 groups came to a total of just under €10 billion that year, suggesting…

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