Best-selling author Darren Shan makes €2.1m settlement with Revenue

The author, whose real name is Darren O’Shaughnessy, has written a string of hit books for young adults

Best-selling Irish young adult author Darren O’Shaughnessy has made a near €2.2m tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners for not paying enough income tax.

Mr O’Shaughnessy (53), who writes under the pen name Darren Shan, is the author of a string of hugely successful novels including The Demonata, Zom-B and the Saga of Darren Shan series.

He lives in Limerick and has been a novelist for nearly 30 years.

But the Revenue Commissioners also found his tax details to be a page turner.

It found that he owed €1.44m for the under-declaration of income tax. It added €271,000 in interest and a further €432,000 in penal

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