Thomas 'Slab' Murphy made no tax returns for eight years, court told

Prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy made no tax returns over an eight-year period despite his cattle and farm dealings running into hundreds of thousands of euro, prosecutors have claimed.

At the opening of his trial for alleged tax offences, lawyers for the Republic of Ireland said the accused also drew state grants for his farm straddling the border with the North amounting to more than €100,000.