Eoin English: Apple bites back over Cork's public transport shortcomings
Construction work at the Apple Computer campus in Hollyhill, Cork; completion of the so-called HH5 building, will boost employment on campus by over 1,000 when it opens later this year. File picture: Dan Linehan
Tech giant Apple arrived in Cork in 1980, setting up its fledgling Irish operation with a single manufacturing facility and 60 staff in what was then an unemployment blackspot.
Today, it is the city’s largest private employer, with a total staff headcount edging towards 5,350 and its sprawling Hollyhill campus, on a ridge overlooking the city, is a dominant feature on the landscape.
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