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Theatre Royal / Tax Defaulters.

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    fiachr_a
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    Others from Waterford on that list owe just as much.


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    TheQuietFella
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    fiachr_a wrote: »
    Others from Waterford on that list owe just as much.

    As they were named on the list there was little point asking who they were!


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    callaway92
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    Wow, I know a couple on the list!

    Interesting, yet not surprising.


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    robtri
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    hey sure, why dont we just have the government pay their bill.... sure they fell on hard times and not really their fault,...


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    TheQuietFella
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    We could have a whip round for them on Saturday like we did for every
    charity who came knocking. The vultures were always circling!


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    jimhyde
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    Ben Barnes is the current Director of the Theatre Royal Waterford. He's got form when it comes to interesting activities in public monies in Irish theatre - on 15 May 2005, The Irish Independent published a story about a €1.85m splurge gone wrong.

    On Wikipedia it says: "In September 2004 two members of the theatre's advisory council, playwrights Jimmy Murphy and Ulick O'Connor, had tabled a motion of no confidence in Artistic Director Ben Barnes. They criticised Barnes for touring with a play in Australia during the deep financial and artistic crisis at home. Barnes returned and temporarily held his position. The debacle put the Abbey under great public scrutiny. On 12 May 2005, Barnes and managing director Brian Jackson resigned after it was found that the theatre's deficit of €1.85 million had been underestimated".

    Waterford hosts a huge Revenue office. Not surprising they noticed.


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