Full coverage: Technology

After selling his radio station empire, O’Brien now sells a cloud company to Ekco – one of Ireland’s fastest-growing technology companies.

VMware is first to detail the impact of its IP onshoring to Ireland less than two years ago. The tax benefits are enormous and, like never before, they are laid bare for all to see.

An Irish-designed microchip could have given Intel an edge over Apple and its M1 chip, but instead Intel’s Leixlip operation – and its 4,900 workers – may have an uncertain future in an industry that has become a geopolitical battleground.

Faced with the growing risks associated with false advertising and YouTube misinformation, the Silicon Valley giant is promising transparency through a new online safety centre located where its European business is based – here.

The latest US multinational to switch from a double Irish to a green jersey tax structure, Airbnb has been accused of exacerbating Dublin’s housing crisis – but when Covid-19 hit, it had to negotiate with its own landlord.

Paul Lynch sold whiskey in Africa, worked for Denis O’Brien in the Caribbean and has established and backed a string of businesses. Still just 45 and now based in Texas, the Dubliner leads Chargify, a hotly-tipped billing software firm.

David Walsh believes he can emulate the success he enjoyed with Netwatch with his new business, HaloCare. He talks about regional development, driving innovation and why the government needs to ban personal guarantees and reform CGT.

New documents prepared by the online questionnaire firm in Dublin provide a rare level of detail in the relocation of intellectual property to Ireland common to countless tech multinationals. Meanwhile, the more discreet Mentor Graphics is preparing to repatriate billions out of Shannon.

Exclusive figures compiled by Greenpeace estimate the digital giant’s power demand for its expanding data hosting business in Ireland. The numbers add up, and they show AWS has a long way to go to its full renewable commitment

The doyen of US tech multinationals owns dozens of international subsidiaries and provides billions of dollars in customer finance through its Dublin office. Its new Irish-Dutch structure looks very much like the old one – except tens of billions have left these shores in the past year.