Fr Tadhg O'Donovan a catholic priest from Cork was fined more than €6,000 after failing to disclose income he received from the rental of at least 11 properties over a five-year period.

It could have been a lot worse for Father O'Donovan, but he used the gift of the gab to hammer out a settlement with Revenue Commissioners for €213,222, including a tax liability of €81,265, a civil penalty of €81,265 together with interest payment on his liabilities and a penalty of €50,692.

TS isn't surprised that Father Donovan managed to convince the taxman to cut a deal with the taxman. It turns out that the priest is the curate of Whitechurch which happens to be very near Blarney, the spiritual home of Irish eloquence.  You couldn't make it up, could you?