Ngenkathi iDenmark ijabule ngokuphila ngesikhungo esisha sedatha basanda kuvula futhi nezinhlelo ze-Apple zesikhathi esizayo zokwenza entsha, i-Ireland isalokhu iyikhanda ku-Apple kanye nokumoshwa kwemali okuqhubekayo. Ngale mpelasonto edlule, abantu abangaphezu kwama-300 bahlele umhlangano wokweseka isikhungo sedatha i-Apple ehlela ukusivula e-Athenry, esifundeni saseGalway, isikhungo sedatha esizobiza cishe ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-850. Lesi sikhungo sedatha besinikezwe ilayisense eminyakeni engaphezu kwemibili edlule, kodwa ukwakhiwa kubambezelekile ngenxa yezinkinga eziqhubekayo inkampani ebhekene nazo nabahlali bakulelo dolobha.
Lesi sikhungo sedatha esisha sizophatha ukuphatha i-Apple Music, i-App Store, iMilayezo, amamephu we-Apple kanye neSiri, ngaphezu kokunikeza imisebenzi eminingi ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwayo nalapho kuqala ukusebenza. Isikhungo sedatha, okumele ngabe sisebenzisa amandla aphakeme kuneDublin, sizoba nomthelela kwezemvelo kumalulwane nama-badger, izinhlobo ezivikelwe endaweni. Bekulokhu kunjalo inkinga enkulu i-Apple ebhekane nayo ukuze iqale imisebenzi.
Embuthanweni nasemashi elandelayo ebibanjelwe kule mpelasonto edlule kuleli dolobha, izakhamizi zaziswa ukuthi le misebenzi izoqasha abantu abalinganiselwa ku-300 bese kuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kube nabasebenzi abayi-150 abazophatha ukunakekela lezi zikhungo. Isinqumo sokugcina sizofika kuleli sonto, isinqumo esingaphoqa i-Apple ukuthi itholele isiza esisha salesi sikhungo sedatha. Kusukela u-Apple aqala ukuhlala e-Ireland ngawo-80, inani labasebenzi benkampani likhule lisuka ku-100 laya ngaphezu kuka-4.000 e-Ireland kuphela.
