The south of Ireland at present has an impressive line-up of tech giants – Google, Amazon, Apple, etc. A software company called Workday has its EU headquarters in Dublin and employs 1,300 and will be hiring 400 more. Stripe, a massive company created by two young Irish guys, employs over 1000 people. Is there any downside to this happy picture – like, companies like Apple paying tax?
Is the EU right to be fed up with Astrazeneca – they’d fulfilled their supply contract with Britain, they’ve failed dismally to fulfil promises to the EU. And is that why the UK has done so much better than the EU in rolling out their vaccine?
Trump (if you’ll excuse the word) is thinking of setting up his own social media platform, having been kicked off Facebook and Twitter. Will he follow through? Will it be a success?
And is Dr Mary Ramsay, the head of immunisation at England’s public health agency, right when she says that we’ll have at least “lower level” restrictions in place for a few years? If so, will it drive us all mad?
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