Niall Donald

He had a report from his accountant.

He basically said because the company was in difficulties and had been located as well in the North and in the UK, and that because there was an issue with the tax authorities in the UK due to the late filing of a deadline, the company was basically dissolved.

He only dealt in cash, and that was his explanation for all of these... ...envelopes of money.

Yeah.

So he spends the quarter that took Brendan 36 hours and a night in the Garda station for him eventually to reply, yeah, when asked the question of whether the cash was legitimate.

I mean, it must be frustrating for everybody involved in those 36 hours of questioning.

It's a skill, isn't it?

It's a skill on both sides.

Being a parent of a teenager and only getting the response, yeah, after 36 hours would be tough.

But eventually, yeah,

he did reply when asked, like, why did it take you so long to say yeah?

He said, he replied that he likes staying in a garbage station.

Yeah.

So, well, but, you know, fair enough.

We all have our preferences.

Yeah.

Yeah, which would be, I think, you'd be unlucky to get five years for a sentence like this.

Particularly with a guilty plea.

Yes, and now originally he was charged with a money laundering offence, but that was ultimately dropped by the state.

So this is quite a technical charge about not paying income tax.