Bid to have court throw out prosecution fails
A member of the Irish parliament has failed in a bid to have a court throw out his prosecution over allegations he dodged tax on €372,000 he had in an Isle of Man trust account.
Independent TD Michael Lowry is due to go on trial at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with filing incorrect tax returns and failing to keep proper accounts.
The allegations relate to a payment he made in August 2002 to an account here on the Island – but he tried to have the charges dropped after an appeal last year found he had no personal income tax liability as a result.
However, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan dismissed his application to have the trial thrown out.
Mr Lowry says he’ll appeal the decision.
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