I'm perfectly aware. No one in the successive Irish governments has done anything other than state they will stand by their current policies. Without them there would be few jobs in Ireland.
If you are Apple, yeah, as long as you can keep using Ireland as you proxy, you are 13bn better out and will not face any penalty.
If you are Ireland, you weren't paid that much (it's actually your refusal to get paid that was the problem in the first place), and you will be fined once you've lost the lawsuit. (For the record, the fine will be a detraction on funds paid by the EU to Ireland.)
But hey, if the Irish citizens are happy to subsidize both Apple and EU coffers, I guess it's a win-win in someone's book. I personally don't think it's the smartest approach...