Full coverage: Technology

From chips to servers, hundreds of billions' worth of technology hardware is sold through Ireland each year, often without ever reaching its shores. In the latest instalment of the Mapping multinationals series, we explore how.

Mapping Multinationals: Exit the double Irish, enter the green jersey. Following into the footsteps of Apple, US-based tech multinationals incentivised by shifting tax rules have been accelerating onshorings of intangible assets here.

Mapping Multinationals series: A US Tax Court has turned the spotlight on the Irish corporate structure developed by Facebook over the past decade. We reveal how the multinational and its competitor Twitter have been re-assessing how to channel profits and intellectual property through Ireland.

Prop-tech probably prompts thoughts of things like smart fridges or being able to control all the electrical elements in your house through one device. In reality, it’s a growing industry that focuses on planning, development, asset management and more. This piece aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how Ireland is embracing prop-tech.

In the latest installment of the Mapping Multinationals series, we unlock Microsoft's Irish presence - the tax tactics, the IP moves and the dividend strategy.

VideoDoc was billed as the next big thing, raising millions from investors and even appointing a former health minister as chair. Now, its assets have been sold for crumbs with liquidators poised to wind up the business. Just what went wrong?

Property is one of the latest areas to undergo disruption with the introduction of new digital solutions from various property technology companies arriving on the market. Robert Hoban is hoping his new prop-tech start-up, Offr, will tackle the time consuming tasks around property transaction.

SuperAwesome, the London-based “kid tech” company established by Irish entrepreneur Dylan Collins, has just added Microsoft to its shareholder register. The company is profitable and brokers want it to go public. So why raise the money at all? Collins tells Ian Kehoe.

Although he may not realise it, Tim Cook might never have joined Apple if it was not for a Corkman. Equally if it wasn’t for Tim Cook, the multinational giant might not still be in Cork. This is the inside story of how Apple ended up in Ireland, and why it stayed there.

The company singled out in the EU's €13bn state aid decision to illustrate global jostling for a slice of multinational taxation wants a unified set of rules. As its CEO Tim Cook picked up an award in Dublin this week, Thomas Hubert looks at how Apple does business in Ireland in the wake of shifting US and Irish legislation.