Ireland cannot tap Apple tax fund for coronavirus fight, PM says

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland cannot use the more than 14 billion euros (13 billion pounds) in disputed taxes it has collected from Apple pending a European court appeal to boost the economy in the fight against coronavirus, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Monday.Apple is one of Ireland's largest multinational employers with 6,000 workers and both it and the Irish government have gone to court to fight a European Union order that the iPhone maker must pay the back taxes to Dublin.The leader of..