Labour rebels call on Bono to bring taxes home

Leading rebel Labour TDs have launched a stinging attack on Bono and his U2 bandmates, calling on them to give Irish tax authorities some “New Year’s Pay” during this unprecedented economic crisis by bringing their tax affairs back to Ireland and helping to rebuild the country which all four band members reside in.

Former Junior Health Minister Roisin Shorthall and Dublin North-East TD Tommy Broughan have probably left the U2 singer “Rattle and Stunned” after questioning U2’s loyalty to Ireland following Bono’s comments that the band was only availing of Ireland’s tax competitiveness by moving their highly lucrative publishing royalties abroad.

“I think there is that issue about loyalty to the country you are born in and I think it would show a tremendous example to everybody if they were to bring back their tax affairs to Ireland,” said deputy Shorthall, adding “In any modern democracy people pay their fair share of tax.”