On 18 May 2018, Ireland’s Department of Finance confirmed that the first payment of alleged state aid from Apple had been paid into the escrow account and that full recovery is expected by the end of September 2018.
In a related development, the Vice-President of the Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected an appeal by the US against a decision of the General Court that the US could not intervene in the case. The US’ appeal was rejected on the grounds that the US lacks a direct interest in the result of the case brought by two Apple subsidiaries. The whole appeal is available here.