# Revenue

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# hoverboards

Dodgy phone chargers and sunglasses among 34,000 products seized before they could be sold

Almost 350,000 potentially unsafe products were seized in Ireland last year.

13.2k

Aug 23rd 2019, 6:00 AM

# Puppies

Six Cocker Spaniel puppies seized by DSPCA and Revenue at Dublin Port last night

The puppies were found concealed among furniture in a van.

26.9k

Aug 19th 2019, 5:12 PM

# Seized

€39,000 worth of unstamped cigarettes and €1,530 in cash seized in Cork City

The cigarettes were discovered with the assistance of detector dog Eva.

14.5k

Aug 16th 2019, 4:59 PM

# mail centre

€10k worth of herbal cannabis found hidden in tin of slimming product

Revenue detector dog Bailey helped to sniff out the drugs.

20.2k

Aug 8th 2019, 9:21 PM

# Illegal drug trade

Cannabis worth over €50,000 seized at Dublin airport

An intelligence-led operation lead to the seizure of over 2.5kgs of herbal cannabis yesterday afternoon.

16.3k

Jul 26th 2019, 11:34 AM

# Wexford

Man (40s) arrested after Revenue finds cocaine worth €2.5 million in horsebox at Rosslare Europort

The illegal drugs were found with the assistance of detector dog Timba.

25.0k

Jul 19th 2019, 11:13 AM

# Cash seizure

Revenue seizes over €175,000 in cash from passenger at Dublin Airport

Revenue officers discovered the cash during a routine search of a man from South Africa.

207k

Jul 11th 2019, 11:51 AM

# BREXIT AHEAD

Revenue hires 453 staff in preparation for Brexit

281 staff have been assigned to Dublin in preparation for Brexit, including 213 in 2019.

28.6k

Jul 10th 2019, 7:55 PM

# Wexford

Man arrested on suspicion of intimidating Criminal Assets Bureau officer

He is currently detained at Wexford Garda Station.

19.1k

Jun 27th 2019, 10:42 AM

# Revenue

Drugs worth almost €100,000 discovered in parcels at postal centre

Drugs were discovered in two packages marked ‘clothing’.

17.2k

Jun 19th 2019, 1:33 PM

# Revenue

Revenue worker who was fired after being caught 'red handed' selling contraband cigarettes loses appeal against dismissal

The details of the case are disclosed in a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ruling.

40.6k

Jun 18th 2019, 6:20 AM

# Limerick

Tobacco worth over €15,000 seized by Revenue officers in Munster

The seizures occurred following operations in Shannon and Limerick city.

17.3k

Jun 14th 2019, 9:22 PM

# high wealth

Revenue reviewed Top 100 Rich List ahead of decision to increase focus on wealthy individuals' tax affairs

The PAC was told the list proved ‘beneficial’ to Revenue.

42.8k

Jun 14th 2019, 6:15 AM

# Defaulters

€21.1 million owed by tax defaulters in the first three months of the year

Two cases involved sums of over €1 million.

29.4k

Jun 11th 2019, 9:22 PM

# Revenue

Detector dog Robbie helps seize €500,000 worth of herbal cannabis at Dublin Port

The drugs were discovered when officers stopped and searched a shipment which arrived from Almería, Spain.

14.6k

Jun 7th 2019, 10:14 PM

# Smuggled

165 litres of alcohol and almost 48,000 cigarettes seized by Revenue

The seizures were made as part of two separate operations in the last week.

15.3k

May 15th 2019, 6:03 PM

# Wexford

Man questioned after Revenue seizes more than 27,000 illegal cigarettes

The discovery was made after a vehicle that arrived from France was searched.

12.2k

May 13th 2019, 6:20 PM

# Newhall

Almost 3 million contraband cigarettes seized from property in Kildare

The cigarettes would have represented a loss to the Exchequer of €1.3 million.

12.5k

Apr 4th 2019, 8:17 PM

# Undercover

Criminals never know they are being investigated by the Criminal Assets Bureau, says agency boss

“They wouldn’t know [and] the financial institution would be forbidden to tell them.”

40.8k

Apr 2nd 2019, 11:33 AM

# khat

10kg of amphetamine-like drug found in parcels labelled 'clothing' and 'wedding gift'

The drugs were concealed in two separate parcels from Kenya and Thailand.

13.9k

Apr 1st 2019, 6:30 PM

# Belview Port

Revenue seizes €35,000 worth of cigarettes and pipe tobacco from cargo vessel

Brands such as L&M, ASOS and NAKHLA were seized.

8.2k

Mar 26th 2019, 4:21 PM

# tax loophole

High Court Master says case could be taken against Ireland over special tax treatment given to vulture funds

Edmund Honohan has said there are many similarities to be drawn with the Apple case being taken.

26.4k

Mar 23rd 2019, 8:30 AM

# alan hutch

Hutch family member jailed for breaking into Revenue offices and assaulting man

Judge Greally imposed a four year sentence and suspended the final 18 months on strict conditions.

27.6k

Mar 21st 2019, 7:46 PM

# Seizure

Revenue seizes one million smuggled cigarettes at Dublin Port

The seizure was made by Revenue officials on Thursday.

11.9k

Mar 16th 2019, 1:36 PM

# Revenue

Revenue seize car and cigarettes and tobacco worth over €16,500

This represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €13,500.

16.1k

Mar 15th 2019, 8:14 PM

# quarter four

Cork auctioneer and Moore Street phone shop on latest Revenue tax defaulter list

The list also includes broadcaster Mark Cagney, and actor Danny O’Carroll.

57.2k

Mar 5th 2019, 8:31 PM

# Tax Credits

Substitute teachers refunded after some overtaxed by over €1,200

The issue was caused by a payroll system error that reduced their tax credits to zero.

13.4k

Feb 28th 2019, 2:48 PM

# u-turn

VAT on vitamins and supplements won't jump to 23% - at least until November

An increased rate on some food supplements was due to kick in on Friday.

26.5k

Updated

Feb 26th 2019, 6:11 PM

# Seizure

Revenue seizes cigarettes and tobacco worth €20,000 at Dublin Airport

Revenue said that its officers made the seizure during routine operations yesterday morning.

17.0k

Feb 26th 2019, 11:49 AM

# pay issues

'Deeply shocking': Substitute teachers wrongly overtaxed after new system kicks in

The issue has affected a number of substitute teachers who were paid in the first and second pay runs of 2019.

28.3k

Feb 1st 2019, 5:56 PM

# Shadow economy

3.7 tonnes of meat seized at Dublin Port

The meat was seized because it could have had an impact on public and animal health.

77.7k

Feb 1st 2019, 1:44 PM

# Revenue

Over 10,200 litres of smuggled whiskey seized in Dublin Port

The alcohol, worth a quarter of a million euro to the Exchequer, was discovered in a trailer that had originated from Poland.

20.8k

Jan 21st 2019, 5:52 PM

# Scam

Revenue warns of bogus phone call scam telling people 'a criminal case is being taken against you'

A number of individuals have received phone calls from a person claiming to be from Revenue.

18.7k

Jan 5th 2019, 12:59 PM

# Revenue

120,000 people may incorrectly pay 51% emergency tax this month, accountants warn

New PAYE rules come into effect this month.

56.2k

Jan 4th 2019, 10:07 PM

# Tax bill

Revenue hits international pharma company with €1.6 billion tax demand

The matter relates to the 2013 sale by Elan of the intellectual property the MS drug Tysabri.

28.3k

Dec 21st 2018, 11:23 AM

# Revenue

Foxhound and 3 lurchers seized at Dublin Port

The four dogs were not microchipped and did not have the proper documentation.

16.2k

Dec 20th 2018, 6:51 PM

# Cork

11 people arrested in Cork during Garda 'day of action'

The individuals were charged on 27 counts in relation to a number of recent incidents.

33.8k

Dec 19th 2018, 4:43 PM

# bogus callers

Revenue warns of latest phone call scam telling people 'a criminal case is being taken against you'

Revenue said that this over the phone scam has in no way involved its systems or security.

29.2k

Dec 6th 2018, 6:01 AM

# Revenue

Roscommon County Council takes hit as Revenue publishes latest tax defaulters list

The council settled for nearly €500,000 over under-declaration of VAT.

33.7k

Dec 4th 2018, 9:13 PM

# Tax

PAYE workers could lose out on benefit of tax cuts as Revenue reviews expense flat rate

A number of categories like shop assistants, actors and journalists will have their flat-rate expenses withdrawn from 1 January.

29.9k

Nov 19th 2018, 1:59 PM