Revenue has extended by a week the deadline by which people who wish to pay their 2014 property tax in one lump sum must inform them by post.

Revenue chiefs face a grilling from cross-party politicians over a controversial move to force some homeowners to cough up their property tax early.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said that more arrests may be made, following the seizure of more than €28m worth of cocaine this morning.

Tax-evading TD Mick Wallace’s claim he alerted the Revenue to his illegal actions appeared in tatters last night.

Calls have been made for a formal investigation into tax-dodging TD Mick Wallace.

A retired garda working as a private investigator for Quinn Insurance has admitted asking his daughter-in-law, a former Revenue Commissioners employee, to look up files of people who had claims against the insurer.

IT’S hard to keep Michael O’Leary or Ryanair out of the news, but then again that is part of his and its business model.

A PARISH has been plunged into deep mourning following the death of a six-year-old boy who sustained serious head injuries in a fall at his home.

DURING the Rose of Tralee selection last Tuesday night, Dáithí O Sé mentioned “dry counties” to the Texas Rose. It was the first time I had heard the term being used for a long time, but I do remember the first time I heard of a “dry county”.

A FAMILY has lost its home because fugitive solicitor Michael Lynn never passed on its money to the bank.

Almost €550m of drugs were seized by customs officials and Gardaí last year, according to figures from the Revenue Commission.

The Revenue Commission is getting new powers to examine the investments of Irish people in overseas property.

AN enterprise policy to provide targeted supports for small to medium-sized industry in rural areas is one of 17 key demands listed by Irish Rural Link (IRL) in the run-up to the general election.

The helicopter company owned by the son of the late Taoiseach Charles Haughey is on the latest list of tax defaulters published by the Revenue Commission.

RICH tax evaders attempting to rob the State of millions of euro are being given an easy ride in the courts due to “establishment prejudice” in their favour, the powerful Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned yesterday.

A former National Irish Bank senior executive has been disqualified from being a director or manager of any company for 10 years by High Court Judge Mr Justice Peter Kelly.

PRESSURE was growing on the Government last night to hand back the extra €50 million it is estimated to be creaming off drivers due to soaring oil prices.

IT beggars belief that businessman Ben Dunne has no glimmer of recollection about meetings with the Revenue Commission chairman concerning a tax bill for nearly £39 million (€58.3m).

REVELATIONS of clandestine introductions between the Taoiseach of the day, the chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, and a prominent businessman, whose companies faced a multi million pound tax bill, are the stuff of a Mafia novel.

The game is up for rich people using loopholes to avoid paying income tax, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

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The Revenue Commission has reached a settlement of €7.5m with South African bank FirstRand, the owner of Ansbacher (Cayman) Ltd.

STARTLING disclosures by the Revenue Commissioners that offshore schemes could yield more than €1bn in unpaid tax have focused the spotlight on Ireland’s pervasive culture of tax evasion.

Mary Harney has urged the public and the media to examine the release of the Ansbacher report with care.

The Revenue Commissioner collected a record €28bn last year, despite a downturn in the economy.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has directed the DPP to give Catherine Nevin access to garda documents for her forthcoming appeal against her murder conviction.

The Revenue Commissioners are threatening to take legal action against tens of thousands of people who failed to meet last Thursday’s deadline for claiming amnesty on illegal bank accounts.

A tax expert has told the High Court that the investment package at the centre of the Beverly Cooper-Flynn libel trial was in accordance with Irish tax laws.