Neil Prendeville, the tax default list, the high court case and the sex act

A few articles on this today but the sun has a quote which says

The probe was described as a “Revenue Investigation Case” for “Under-declaration of Income Tax”.

It goes on about how he made a full denial and it was all the accountants fault and how he won a high court case against his accountant but there are a few things that don't sit right about this case.

1. How difficult could his accounts have been, he's a broadcaster possibly trading though a limited company invoicing for his services so unless they were filing the returns as nil it's difficult to understand how his accountants could have got it so wrong.

2. If this was a revenue investigation then revenue must have thought there was something more sinister going on otherwise they would have conducted a revenue audit. A revenue investigation is their most serious type of intervention.

3. An article from the examiner says that

He has since taken High Court legal action against the firm and has won substantial compensation, and the tax liabilities, penalties have been settled in full. He is fully tax compliant.

Would this not have been reported on or be available on courts.ie? I expect that a high court case involving a high profile radio presenter would have been noticed?

4. If this did go to court, my experience is that clients who sue their accountant with the excuse of "my accountant never told me" doesn't get much traction and these people are usually advised not to proceed with such cases as ultimately it's the directors responsibility. If he was suing for gross negligence he would need to prove this which goes back to point number 1.

5. His explanation about not wanting to name his previous accountant to protect their identity and the identity of their staff is also bizarre because if he had taken a high court case then this would have been in the public domain anyway.

Am I missing something?

Edit: It's also interesting that he cited the damage to his personal reputation considering the prior incident he had on an Aer Lingus flight where he allegedly opened his trousers and started masturbating in front of two air hostesses and then went on to say he had no recollection of the incident and blamed it on a combination of nurofen and alcohol.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/irelan...ai-135321.html

Surely his personal reputation was damaged already?