Full coverage: Multinationals

Brian Bakeberg and his wife Orla have built and sold businesses in many industries from Botswana a Co Mayo village where they're doing it all over again.

As the multinational chipmaker moves the registered office of a key holding company from Ireland to Malta, its Irish tax bill is surging. What exactly is happening?

The twin engines of the Irish economy were sputtering amid lay-offs and contractions. They are firing once again, fuelled by research and technology.

Apple is opening up its app store weeks before the EU’s law to halt the emergence of online monopolies takes effect. Brussels argues it will level the playing field for start-ups, but will it stifle innovation at the world’s top tech firms?

The meteoric growth of OpenAI’s Dublin office shows that multinationals are still very happy to come to Ireland to do business, pay (less) tax, and face regulators.

Workers laid off by other US multinationals and senior tech figures are flocking to artificial intelligence’s rising star as it builds its Irish office to grow sales and face EU regulation. It already employs over 50 in an office on St Stephen's Green.

Gary O'Sullivan has worked in multinationals, advised them as a consultant, and then founded one when his firm Pathfinder was bought by the European giant Sia Partners. Now managing partner of Sia's UK and Ireland division, he knows what it takes for companies to break into the top tier.

A strong showing by the US software multinational in December helped maintain annual growth in corporation tax receipts.

Stock market investors agreed to back W3bcloud's plans to build a multinational data centre operator for blockchain and crypto technologies. Instead, the Irish companies due to handle its profits are facing insolvency.

The IT multinational’s Irish operation bucked the global downturn as Carolan Lennon took the helm. And it grew its tax advantage even further.