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Irish Examiner
2 days ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Daughter of one-time billionaire in tax dispute over payments from Russian companies
Aoife Quinn, daughter of one-time billionaire Seán Quinn, is embroiled in a dispute with the Revenue Commissioners over tax payable on money she received from Russian companies owned by her family's business empire. The Revenue Commissioners has appealed to the High Court a Tax Appeals Commission determination published last year in respect of Ms Quinn's income tax assessment for 2011 and 2012, when she received monies arising from 'bogus' employment contracts signed with three Quinn Group-owned Russian companies: Finansstroy, Red Sector, and Logistica. The High Court heard Wednesday that Ms Quinn contends these contracts were a cash extraction scheme, primarily used to fund the Quinn family's legal battle with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC). In the 2010s, Seán Quinn and his children, including Ms Quinn, were involved in proceedings against IRBC, home to the remnants of the Anglo Irish Bank, which collapsed during the economic crash of 2008. The proceedings centred on IBRC's attempts to recover billions in debts owed to Anglo Irish Bank by the Quinn family. Following various cases, the litigation was resolved in 2019. According to court documents, Ms Quinn received almost €540,000 in gross payments from the three Russian companies owned by Quinn Group between 2011 and 2012. The total tax bill issued by the Revenue for the two years came to €301,718. Last year, the Tax Appeals Commission determined the money received by Ms Quinn from Finansstroy (€351,465.20 gross) should be removed from Revenue's assessment of her income tax returns for 2011 and 2012, after finding the money was incorrectly assessed. The commissioner's determination was based on Ms Quinn's evidence, and the findings of Russian courts, that the 'employment' relationship between Ms Quinn and Finansstroy 'was wholly bogus and unlawful'.There is a specific provision in Irish law that allows for taxing of profits or gains obtained unlawfully, but the Revenue did not assess the Finansstoy money under this commissioner noted there was no finding of criminality in respect of the employment relationship. Ms Quinn had appealed to the Tax Appeals Commission following Revenue's assessment of her tax returns for 2011 and 2012. The Revenue appealed the commissioner's determination to the High Court last year, seeking the court's opinion on several points of law it says arises from the determination. Opening the case, counsel Aoife Goodman, appearing with Kieran Binchy, submitted to Ms Justice Siobhán Stack that the commissioner erred in finding the income received from Finansstroy could only be assessed under Section 58 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. This section allows for taxation of profits or gains where the source of which is unknown, or arises from an unlawful source or activity. The Revenue assessed the Finansstroy money under Section 18 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, which allows for taxing of income arising from an employment outside the State. Ms Goodman also submitted that the Commissioner was wrong to conclude that the Revenue was 'aware of the unlawfulness' of the source of the Finansstroy money when it made its income tax assessment. Bernard Dunleavy, appearing with Eoin O'Shea for Ms Quinn, will lay out his client's case on Thursday
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Dre Quinn will pick a school this week, Notre Dame is on the list
Dre Quinn will pick a school this week, Notre Dame is on the list The Fighting Irish are on Dre Quinn's list along with Clemson and others. Edge rusher Dre Quinn will make his college decision on June 19, according to a report from On3 Sports. Notre Dame is among the finalists. Along with the Fighting Irish, the four-star recruit is looking at Clemson, Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Georgia and Texas. Quinn is from Buford, Georgia, and has also played wide receiver, though he projects as an edge rusher at the college level. He's 6'4" and weighs 220 pounds. He's in the class of 2026. We'll know his college choice in just two days. Contact/Follow us @IrishWireND on X (Formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes, and opinions. Follow Tim on X: @tehealey
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Dan Quinn calls Deebo Samuel 'one of the fastest players' on Commanders
Dan Quinn calls Deebo Samuel 'one of the fastest players' on Commanders Show Caption Hide Caption Greg Olsen talks Tight End University and what he's excited for in the 2025 NFL season Greg Olsen stops by to talk about another year of Tight End University and who he's excited to watch as the NFL season inches closer. Sports Seriously The Washington Commanders acquired veteran receiver Deebo Samuel from the San Francisco 49ers in an offseason trade. Coach Dan Quinn was familiar with the veteran after coaching against him during his many years as the Dallas Cowboys' defensive coordinator. Even so, Quinn was reminded about a key element of the 29-year-old receiver's skill set after seeing him in action during offseason workouts. "Somewhere along the way, I'd forgotten until [he was] out here how fast he is," Quinn said, per the Commanders' official website. Samuel's reputation at the NFL level has largely been tied to his ability to make plays with the ball in his hands. He averaged 8.2 yards after the catch (YAC) in 2024 – good for the fourth-most league-wide, per Pro Football Focus – and forced 10 missed tackles on 93 total touches. "He was such a difficult person to tackle that you spent so much time, 'How are you going to tackle this person?'" Quinn said. Still, Samuel has game-breaking speed, as he demonstrated by reaching a top speed of 20.90 mph on a 76-yard touchdown reception in Week 6 against the Seattle Seahawks. It marked his fastest speed since his rookie season in 2019, per the NFL's Next Gen Stats. Samuel was slowed after that reception by a bout with pneumonia that left him hospitalized. That may have affected his top-gear ability over the second half of the 2024 NFL season. FIRST TO WORST? Ranking 8 NFL division champs' chances to tumble to last place in 2025 But at Commanders minicamp, Quinn has seen signs that Samuel's speed remains an underrated weapon. "I can remember one time he just ran by somebody down the field on a deep ball and I was like, 'Yeah, I forgot about that,'" Quinn said of Samuel, with a laugh. "So…it didn't surprise me, but it was maybe [that] I missed talking about it to that space because I was easily reminded, he's one of the fastest players on the team." Samuel's combination of speed and elusiveness should allow the veteran receiver to carve out a solid role as a complement to 2024 All-Pro second teamer Terry McLaurin and give reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels another reliable downfield target.
Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
James Quinn hails Rovers' quadruple – but it's not his first ‘Grand Slam'
Quinn previously won a quadruple as a player in 1998 Wicklow People Speaking on behalf of the Wicklow Rovers A coaching staff, James Quinn, has described his side's 3-1 win against St Peters in the Wicklow Cup final – a win that seals an historic quadruple – as 'unbelievable' And, to make the day all the more remarkable, it wasn't even Quinn's first quadruple; he previously achieved the 'full set' with Rathnew almost 30 years ago, albeit as a player on that occasion.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Why turkey vultures are summer's super-intelligent superheroes: Nature News
With summer just around the corner, I would like to highlight one of my favorite birds — the turkey vulture. For me, they conjure up hot summer days as I watch them ride and circle in the updrafts. When I was young, they were a summer bird, where I lived in New York, migrating south in the winter. I have an old Peterson's Field Guide from 1961 (my birth year!) which has them breeding only as far north as western Connecticut and New York. They never made it this far north and were only first documented breeding in Maine as recently as the 1970s. These days, they are common all summer, and if the weather is mild enough, they hang around all winter. But even so, I will always think of them as a bird of summer. They can't circle up to those awesome heights without summer's heat. The Center for Wildlife gave a raptor program at Great Works Land Trust's BonAire Celebration at Beach Plum Farm in Ogunquit this past weekend. The first bird that Quinn (the CFW Nature Center lead) brought out was a vulture named Violet. Seeing her up close was such a treat and what we learned reminded me of just what superheroes these birds are. Super intelligent (at least compared to wise old owls whose eyes are actually bigger than their brains), vulture intelligence is thought to be at least on par with our smartest dogs. They also have both super-powered vision (can see things a mile away) and sense of smell. Unlike their cousin, the black vulture, who relies more on sight, the turkey vulture has olfactory organs that are unusually well-developed for a bird. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the turkey vulture has larger nares (bird nostrils), olfactory chambers, and olfactory bulbs than most other vultures. We often put cayenne in our bird food to discourage squirrels — this works because our bird feeder birds have such a poor sense of smell. I wonder what a turkey vulture would do with a cayenne-laced carcass? Turkey vultures usually don't kill their prey and are instead attracted to carrion. Hot days are great for this kind of hunting because the heat volatilizes all those great odors of rotting flesh and carries them skyward. Interestingly, they are also attracted to mushrooms and flowers with carrion-like fragrances. The actual chemicals they are using as cues haven't been fully identified, but one study had a positive result for a chemical called ethyl mercaptan. Natural gas companies subsequently took advantage of this finding and introduced ethyl mercaptan into their pipelines using turkey vulture circling behavior to identify leaks! One of the turkey vultures' other superpowers involves their digestive capabilities. Turkey vultures are named after the wild turkey because of their bare, red-colored head. The bare head helps them stay clean while diving headfirst into a rotting carcass. Their scientific name is Cathartes aura, meaning 'golden purifier' or 'golden breeze.' The 'purifier' part of this refers to their role as a scavenger — part of nature's clean-up crew. Recent studies have brought an even deeper meaning to this name. A turkey vulture's stomach acid is extremely acidic, with a pH close to zero, allowing them to eat carcasses infected with diseases like anthrax or rabies without contracting the disease. This is great for us and other local wildlife. If they didn't eat that infected carrion, some other animal might become infected and spread the disease. Quinn cited one study that found a strong positive correlation between increasing turkey vulture populations and a decrease in rabies! These are just some reasons to welcome turkey vultures into our skies this summer. Turkey vultures have a very characteristic teetering glide, holding their wings in a v-shape (think 'V' for vulture) that distinguishes them from other large raptors. Watch for them riding the updrafts as summer quickly approaches. Susan Pike, a researcher and an environmental sciences and biology teacher at Dover High School, welcomes your ideas for future column topics. Send your photos and observations to spike3116@ Read more of her Nature News columns online at and and follow her on Instagram @pikeshikes. This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Why turkey vultures are summer's unsung superheroes: Nature News
