Dunnes Stores loses appeal relating to tax assessments on plastic bag levy

Dunnes Stores has lost its Supreme Court appeal concerning the validity of laws under which the Revenue Commissioners later raised tax assessments of €36.5m on the supermarket chain concerning certain plastic bags.

The five-judge court, while critical of the "overly complex" legislation, rejected the company's claim the "flimsy" plastic bags at issue did not fall within the scope of the plastic bag levy.