[lhc-]

Having "only a handful of employees" is hardly creating jobs. And Apple is a notorious example of a company that doesn't actually reinvest most of the money they avoid paying in taxes, they just sit on enormous cash reserves (reinvestment is often used as an excuse for tax breaks and tax holidays here in the US).

[handelaar]

Apple's one of the largest employers in Cork, and Google's headcount in Ireland is measured in the thousands.