Apple jobs announcement is major vote of confidence for Cork

Opened in November 1980, the Apple facility in Hollyhill was staffed by some 60 people. The company and the country have had their ups and downs, but yesterday’s jobs announcement will bring the tech giant’s Irish workforce to more than 6,000, writes Eoin English

IT’S almost 35 years to the day since a brilliant young tech executive called Steve Jobs arrived in Ireland for the official opening of his fledgling computer company’s European headquarters in Cork.