The package marked the most significant move to date by Mr. Cook in putting his own imprint on Apple and reflects how he has been more forthcoming with shareholders, investors say.
Mr Begley said nationalist councillors had already made a gesture to unionists by agreeing to move the date of the parade to Monday, because St Patrick's Day had fallen on a Sunday.
His decision to sanction, support and add his signature to a plan to take half a billion euros worth of assets back from the bank that now owned them was his most ill-judged move to date.