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In yet another case taken against social media giants, former Fianna Fáil TD Frank O'Rourke has started legal actions against Twitter and Facebook

Revenue have long argued that when a doctor operates through a company, it is not longer vat exempt. However, a new case has contradicted this – a move that will have massive implications for thousands of doctors and dentists around the country.

Having spent years fighting tooth and nail to avoid bankruptcy, in the end, the former millionaire bowed to its inevitability and consented to the petition against him by one of his creditors, the UK private equity firm Maven Capital.