FEBRUARYĮuropean competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager says she believes Apple owes Ireland virtually all of the €13 billion in back-taxes the EU had ruled the Government must collect.īAM Ireland, one of the State’s largest building contractors, is awarded the contract to build the national children’s hospital in Dublin at a price close to €1 billion, €300 million more than the original budget of €650 million. Three people are arrested at Dublin Airport on suspicion of assisting immigrants to illegally enter the country by getting around security controls.
Controls on the Border appear likely to return. UK prime minister Theresa May confirms Britain will leave the single market after Brexit and rules out full membership of the customs union in a speech to foreign diplomats at Lancaster House in London. Minister for Education Richard Bruton announces plans to remove the “baptism barrier” from schools to ensure children from non-religious backgrounds are not discriminated against by admission policies. The company subsequently introduces cost-saving cuts.Ī month after being occupied by homeless people and campaigners, Apollo House in Dublin’s south inner city is vacated. McGuinness, undergoing medical treatment, later retires from active politics.īus Éireann staff are warned of a threat the company will become insolvent within the next 18 months and that a change in its business model is necessary due to strong competition. The move plunges the political process into a year of chaos. Martin McGuinness resigns as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland following a “cash-for-ash” scandal involving first minister Arlene Foster of the DUP.
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