2021-06-09 · Dublin
'Close run thing' as veteran chef avoids jail for tax evasion
Eamonn Walsh, a 76-year-old chef and former restaurateur, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to six sample charges out of 22 on an indictment. The charges alleged he failed to remit VAT to the Revenue Commissioners and failed to make or made incorrect income tax returns over five years starting in 2009. Prosecutors stated that Walsh…