Apple wanted to be told if its emails were going public

‘We’d very much appreciate advance warning of each likely release,’ lobbyist wrote

Apple demanded to be warned if any of its correspondence with the government was about to be released publicly, new emails show.

The warning came just over a month after The Sunday Business Post revealed that the US tech giant told the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last year that the state’s housing crisis and planning laws could harm its plans to expand and create more jobs in Ireland.

In an email to a Department ...