‘Maths genius’ avoids jail term for not paying €100k in taxes

A maths “genius” who failed to pay over €100,000 in taxes has avoided jail after a judge said the crimes were not motivated by greed but due to “a very unusual personality”.

Lawyers for David Cagney, aged 49, described him as a genius in some aspects of his life but said his personal life and tax affairs were a shambolic mess.

Maurice Coffey, defending, compared the computer consultant to famous mathematician John Nash, whose life was dramatised in the film A Beautiful Mind.