GAA star and wife fined €6k for tax offences

FINES totalling €6,250 were imposed on a Meath footballer and his wife for failing to return statements of their financial affairs to the Revenue Commissioners.

Graham Geraghty, aged 38, and his wife Amanda, both of Higginstown, Athboy, committed the offences on dates in April and June 2010. They are contrary to the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.

Kevin Martin, the solicitor for the couple, told Kells District Court yesterday that the returns had been filed on Thursday but that there had been a delay in doing this.