So is Hewlett-Packard a soulless multinational focused only on the bottom line? Not if you are a bunny rabbit, that's for sure. The company's 200-acre site at Leixlip is now home to dozens of rabbits and hares, who leap around the grounds oblivious to the delighted HP staffers watching from the canteen windows. News of this spread to Wildlife Ireland, which is now featuring HP on its website (www.wildireland.ie).

Says the breathless online reporter: "It is quite a stunning sight to see about three or four hares casually chewing the well-manicured grass, set to a backdrop of about £500 million worth of hi-tech construction."