Cashel among top tax avoiders in the country

Cashel has been identified as one of the Country’s main tax defaulter blackspots.

Analysis of data from the Revenue Commissioners on court judgements, shows that people in Cashel are more likely to be brought to court for not paying taxes than in any other town in the county.

It is in 6th place nationally with 14 judgements in 2016 and 2017. The average number of judgements per thousand addresses was 2.56.

The research, conducted by debt analysis experts StubbsGazette and UK technology firm Sagacity Solutions, indicated people living in north county Dublin were seven times more likely to be brought to court for not paying their taxes than people living in Mayo.

The data also revealed that seven of the top 10 Eircode districts in terms of judgment per household were in north Dublin.

The only non-Dublin Eircode districts in the top 10 were Cashel as well as Dunboyne, Co Meath and Watergrasshill, Co Cork.

Meanwhile, an analysis by StubbsGazette of bankruptcy statistics over the past five years reveals Newbridge, Co Kildare, is the district with the largest proportion of bankruptcies in the country.