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Date set for trial of Michael Lowry on alleged tax offences
Summary
Michael Lowry, 60, former TD and minister, is set to stand trial on March 20, 2017, for alleged tax offences. He faces charges of knowingly filing incorrect tax returns in 2003 and 2007. Lowry had previously lost a High Court application to dismiss the case. He was first heard in Thurles District Court in 2014, charged with three counts for October 31, 2003, and one count for August 3, 2007. Judge Elizabeth MacGrath sent him to Nenagh Circuit Criminal Court, but the case was later transferred to Dublin on the DPP's application.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Date set for trial of Michael Lowry on alleged tax offences. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial
When:
- March 20th, 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 31, 2003 Hearing Or Sentence
- August 3, 2007 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2003 and 2007 Other
- 2016-04-06 Publication
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