Ye gods, the usual racism and xenophobia from the peanut gallery across the Atlantic.

Apple cared so much about Ireland that they had several licenses grandfathered in for the likes of CompuB, eLara and Mactivate as Apple Resellers. There's also Select Ireland chain which act as the premium reseller equivalent @ https://ie.selectonline.com/

There's also an Apple store in Belfast fwiw.