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Why Apple owes Ireland $14 billion in taxes

by Ellen Rolfes and Katie Reuther
Sep 13, 2024
In this week's "Make Me Smart" newsletter, we explain why Europe's highest court ruled Apple owed billions in unfair tax breaks. Plus, we explore ghost towns put up for sale and do the numbers on Chinese adoptions worldwide.
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A second home in Ireland is a "special place" to host friends for this Wisconsin woman

by Sarah Leeson
May 24, 2024
"I invite people to stay there with me when I'm there," said Aileen Smith about her second home in Tramore, Ireland. "I never get tired of having guests. It's fun every single time."
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Will Biden’s plan for global tax reform hurt his beloved Ireland?

by Stephen Beard
May 14, 2021
President Biden's proposal for a minimum global corporate tax rate is causing consternation in his ancestral home.
Irish enthusiasm for “the boy from Ballina" may soon begin to wane.
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How Biden's roots and Riverdance play a role in Irish diplomacy

by Stephen Ryan
Jan 21, 2021
Around 35 million Americans say they have Irish heritage. It's a valuable social and business network.
People in Joe Biden's ancestral home of Ballina are proud of his success.
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Let's do the numbers on St. Patrick's Day

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Mar 15, 2019
It'll be a shamrockin' good time.
Spectators dressed as leprechauns attend St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin on March 17, 2014.
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Does the Northern Ireland border stand in the way of Brexit?

by Stephen Beard
Feb 8, 2019
Ireland and the EU say the border needs to remain open or paramilitary violence will resume. Brexiteers say that's nonsense.
Activists attend a demonstration by the anit-Brexit campaign group Border Communities Against Brexit in Newry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 26.
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What it's like to live near Brexit's greatest issue

by Marketplace Staff
Oct 19, 2018
The Irish border has been a big problem for negotiators. For the people living there, that means a lot of uncertainty.
“It's very different to what's been portrayed in the media,” said James Johnston, director of the Ulster Farmers Mart in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. "There's free movement across the border. And I think just the general consensus, whether somebody's voted to leave or voted to remain, they're all united to keep up that freedom of movement.”
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Brexit

What it's like to live near Brexit's greatest issue

by Marketplace Staff
Oct 19, 2018
The Irish border has been a big problem for negotiators. For the people living there, that means a lot of uncertainty.
“It's very different to what's been portrayed in the media,” said James Johnston, director of the Ulster Farmers Mart in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. "There's free movement across the border. And I think just the general consensus, whether somebody's voted to leave or voted to remain, they're all united to keep up that freedom of movement.”
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As Brexit looms, Dublin vies for financial crown

by Stephen Beard
Jun 27, 2018
The Irish capital is hoping to draw in firms fleeing post-Brexit London.
The Irish tricolour flies over the General Post Office in Dublin.
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How Ireland rebounded after Europe's debt crisis

by Stephen Beard
Jun 27, 2018
Austerity, grit and flexibility helped get the country's economy back on an even keel.
An illustration shows a two euro coin taken in Dublin in 2013.
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