A controversial Starbucks outlet on Cork city’s main street has closed after a three-year planning battle.

Starbucks’s Irish operation paid €4,196 in corporation tax last year after two years of making no contribution to the State’s coffers.

The Irish arm of coffee giant Starbucks brewed up impressive pre-tax profits of €745,707 in 2013 — but did not pay corporation tax.

The Irish arm of coffee giant Starbucks increased its profits by 47% to €721,327 in 2012 — but paid no corporation tax.