Is it just my imagination, but it seems almost every time Revenue publish a list of tax defaulters, the biggest ones are nearly always somehow associated with Fianna Fail in some way. If I remember correctly, the last list had the Bailey brothers for 20 million, and now Sean Barron.
From today's Irish Times:
"Taxman pursues Irish rag trade's savvy survivor
Arthur Beesley, Senior Business Correspondent
In the unforgiving world of high-street fashion, Seán Barron is something of a survivor. Even at the age of 70, the creator of the Pamela Scott brand remains the driving force behind one of the last family-owned fashion chains in the Irish market.
A women's fashion whiz who was able to brush off the onslaught from international groups on Grafton Street, he is extremely well connected. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern opened one of his city centre stores in 2001. With Dr Michael Smurfit, he co-developed the Riverview leisure club at Clonskeagh, south Dublin.
But after decades in the rag trade, his failure to pay tax of €1.42 million caught up with him late last year. Only yesterday, when Revenue published its latest quarterly list of defaulters, did it publicly emerge that he had paid a total of €6.4 million to settle his debt."
From today's Irish Times:
"Taxman pursues Irish rag trade's savvy survivor
Arthur Beesley, Senior Business Correspondent
In the unforgiving world of high-street fashion, Seán Barron is something of a survivor. Even at the age of 70, the creator of the Pamela Scott brand remains the driving force behind one of the last family-owned fashion chains in the Irish market.
A women's fashion whiz who was able to brush off the onslaught from international groups on Grafton Street, he is extremely well connected. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern opened one of his city centre stores in 2001. With Dr Michael Smurfit, he co-developed the Riverview leisure club at Clonskeagh, south Dublin.
But after decades in the rag trade, his failure to pay tax of €1.42 million caught up with him late last year. Only yesterday, when Revenue published its latest quarterly list of defaulters, did it publicly emerge that he had paid a total of €6.4 million to settle his debt."