‘sup?

The High Court yesterday ordered that a man who lost an appeal aimed at stopping a Revenue investigation into an allegedly negligent 16-year-old tax return cannot be named.

The Hon Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley said that the man can only be identified by his initials, DOB, in reports until she hears further submissions today.

Martin Hayden, SC, senior counsel for DOB, requested that his client not be named. Úna Tighe, counsel, for Revenue, argued that the man should be named as his tax appeal had been heard in public…

Anyone?

Defendant in tax case ‘must not be named’ (Mark Tighe, The Times Ireland edition)

(Rex)

Update:

Businessman who lost high court appeal re tax affairs can be named. It’s Denis O’Brien.

— Francesca Comyn (@cescacomyn) January 13, 2016

Update:

So here is the question – why did no other paper use Denis O'Brien's initials as they were told they could do by the judge?

— Richie Oakley (@roakleyIRL) January 13, 2016

Anyone?