Frank Dunlop makes €430k tax settlement

Former Government press secretary Frank Dunlop has made a near €430,000 tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners, it emerged yesterday.

Mr Dunlop, a key figure in the Mahon planning tribunal and who served 14 months in prison after being charged with corruption, was named on Revenue’s latest tax defaulters list, published yesterday, for under-declaration of income tax and Vat.

The retired public relations consultant had owed €192,313. His total settlement, however, amounted to €429,198 when a €57,694 penalty and interest of €179,191 were charged.