Irish Examiner view: Trump has his sights on Ireland's tech sector

The 'Irish Examiner' has been reporting on warnings about Ireland's pharma sector — but the US president made it clear in the Oval Office he will also target US tech firms in Ireland

Apple Computer vice chairman Steve Jobs, chairman Mike Markkula, and managing director Alec Wrafter look on as Gene Fitzgerald officially opens Apple's plant in Cork in November 1980. File picture: Irish Examiner Archive 

When the tech giant Apple first established its production base in Cork, the president occupying the Oval Office was Jimmy Carter. Charles Haughey was our taoiseach.

Donald Trump was 34, and was upwardly mobile in the world of New York property. That year, 1980, he opened his first speculative Manhattan hotel on 42nd St.