Apple Company will soon be building a $1 Billion data center in the West of Ireland, the supposedly most Gaelic part of that country. Ireland's High Court on Thursday ruled that a 850 million euro ($1 billion) data center planned by Apple in the west of Ireland may proceed, dismissing an environmental challenge made by three people. -- CNBC It seems that things in Ireland are picking up. Ireland now has the second highest per-capita income in Europe, coming in behind Luxembourg, which is a bit of tax haven. A large part of this is driven by Ireland concentrating on high tech. Dublin, Ireland’s charming capital of just over half a million residents, has become one of the most important hubs of technology innovation in Europe. -- New Relic It must give the Irish a bit of satisfaction that, on a per-capita basis, they are doing better than the English. Part of Ireland's wealth stems from the fact that it has, quite consistently, avoided...(Read Full Article)