Judge refers "inconsistencies" in Ben Gilroy's income to Revenue investigators

A High Court judge has referred apparent inconsistencies in Ben Gilroy's stated income to the Revenue Commissioner's Investigations Unit. Justice Brian McGovern noted that when contempt proceedings were heard in July, Mr Gilroy, of Navan, Co Meath, declared he was unemployed and received no income, resulting in legal aid being granted. However, a subsequent Probation Service report indicated he was in full-time employment. The judge stated the court lacked resources to investigate and referred the matter to Revenue, with the Director of Public Prosecutions to liaise regarding any potential false declaration. Mr Gilroy, founder of Direct Democracy Ireland, had admitted criminal contempt related to an affidavit in Allied Irish Banks proceedings to enforce a €3.25 million judgment. He consented to an eighty-hour community service order in lieu of three months imprisonment. The underlying AIB proceedings against Mr Gilroy and others stand adjourned.