Some 216 staff at chip giant Intel’s Irish R&D arm last year received average pay of $112,921 (€89,994) from a pay pot of $24.39m.

PRE-tax profits at the Shannon-based R&D arm of chip giant Intel increased in 2010 by 15% to $4.9 million (€3.78m).

PRE-tax profits at the R&D arm of chip giant Intel last year increased by 18% to $4.2 million (€3.1m).