Fashion baron pays €6.5m tax redress

FASHION tycoon, Sean Barron, has made a €6.5 million settlement with the Revenue Commissioners after admitting to evading tax.

Mr Barron and his family own Flairline Fashions, which runs the Pamela Scott, Richard Allen and Escada chain of shops nationwide.

The latest Revenue tax defaulters list shows Mr Barron paid out €5m in interest and penalties on the tax liability of €1.4m.