Brothers Simon (right) and Christian Stokes, whose Bang Cafe restaurant in Dublin has been wound up with debts of €2.4 million, spent almost €146,000 of the company’s money over an 18 month period on personal expenses, including hotels and restaurants in Ireland, London, Denmark and Barbados. The company owes more than €470,000 to the Revenue.
Expenses included:
The Coral Reef Club, Barbados: €2,421
Blakes Hotel, London: €1,891
The Gucci Store, New York: €4,425
The Professional Golfers Association, Blackrock: €2,000
Skovshoved Hotel, Denmark: €4,288
Brown Thomas, Dublin: €2,621
Pia Bang Interiors, Dublin: €6,494
Ashford Castle: €3,835
Maroma Resort & Spa: €2,091
Items not included:
Subscription to Socialist Worker newspaper: €18
Christy Moore CD: €10
Dubarry shoes: €40
Underwear (Penneys): €5
Pack of 20 ‘Woodbines’: €8
Brothers Spent €146,000 on ‘Expenses’ (Irish Times)