What should Ireland spend the Apple tax money on?
Ireland may soon have €13.5bn to play around with in finances after a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice. Earlier today it sided with the European Commission in its bid to make Apple pay the money – meaning Ireland could now be required to accept the funds which have been sitting in an escrow account for eight years. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager originally ordered Apple to pay Ireland €13.1bn in 2016 – finding that the country had given companies owned by the US tech giant illegal tax aid. Both Ireland and Apple have been fighting against the order ever since. Newstalk’s Simon Tierney told Moncrieff he’s come up with a few suggestions of how to spend it. “What I’ve tried to do is to break down the figures of how much it actually costs to send an astronaut to the Moon,” he said. Credit to : Newstalk