[FireBeyond]

Apple and others are working to explain how the majority of app and hardware sales have a nexus in Ireland.

But wait til you hear of Ugland House (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugland_House) in the Caymans - 10,000 sq ft, 5 stories...

... and registered offices of 42,000 companies.

[dannyw]

To be fair, the Ireland case for EU seems more understandable. The EU has an economic union, and consumers still pay local VAT.

If EU doesn't like one country has too low tax rates, that's an EU matter.