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TO GO WITH AN AFP STORY BY CONOR BARRINS A view of buildings on The Apple campus in Cork, southern Ireland on October 2, 2014. Perched on top of a hill overlooking the Irish city of Cork, surrounded by a dated industrial estate, Apple's European headquarters is an unlikely base for the world tech giant -- now under growing scrutiny over its local tax arrangements. The company has been in Cork since 1980 but the European Commission's suggestion that its tax deal with Ireland may amount to illegal state aid has drawn new attention on the Irish link for the makers of the iPhone and the iPad. AFP PHOTO / PAUL FAITH (Photo credit should read PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images)