I'd also argue there's very little "Creating" OR "Shifting" going on from Apple in this tax haven.
They can keep the vast "majority" of the (read: "well paid") jobs in Cupertino with Stanford, UCBerkeley, CalTech, etc grads. All the while reaping the tax haven benefits abroad.[0]
Their center in Cork, Ireland is a distribution base, which is different than the product design, R&D, and development that goes on in America. Compared to the amount, in billions, of taxes avoided, the "Tons of jobs" grandparent is claiming doesn't seem to be true.
Oh? Apple, Google and other US-based multinationals are owned by their European employees?
> creating tons of jobs in a high unemployment country
Less creating, more shifting them from other countries. It benefits Ireland at the expense of the rest of the Union.