US multinational tech company Salesforce has engaged in a major lobbying effort for a controversial plan to add extra storeys to its new Docklands headquarters, targeting a Minister, civil servants and advisers. The lobbying push is revealed in documents released to The Irish Times under Freedom of Information legislation. It comes after a disagreement between the company building the project and Dublin City Council over which rules govern building heights in the capital’s SDZs. Salesforce asked Mr Murphy to give the matter his “urgent attention…as a decision is due imminently on this specific application”. A Government spokesman said that Mr Loeb provided “an update on Salesforce’s Dublin expansion plans” during the call.

Source: The Irish Times May 20, 2019 04:07 UTC