Well I wont vote for red Ruairi. That artists exemption claim is the pits! He wrote a one off book about himself in politics - cant have sold that many copies and can't have generated that many tax problems.

of course he was 'entitled' to claim it. Politicians don't know the difference between entitlement and morality/ethics.

The artists exemption was always a joke - meant to help full-time artists in the broadest sense but most artists don't earn enough to pay tax. But the Revenue is allowing it for high earning people who write one off books.