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DARREN SCULLY, WHO was forced to resign as Mayor of Naas this week, broke down in a radio interview this morning as he said he and his family had been threatened following remarks he made about immigrant Africans.
Scully made headlines earlier this week after saying in a number of radio interviews that he would no longer represent immigrants from African countries because he found them “aggressive” and “quick to play the race card”.
He subsequently apologised for his remarks and resigned as Mayor of Naas.
The Fine Gael councillor said this morning he feared he could lose his job and revealed he had not answered his door since Tuesday, saying that had received “some very, very bad things” which had been “threatening to me and my family”.
Speaking on the Marian Finucane Show on RTÉ Radio 1 he said his comments were “totally the wrong thing to say. I retract every single word of it and I am so genuinely sorry”.
“I am not a racist,” he said during the course of the interview insisting what he said was not what he meant “in my heart and soul”.
Explaining the remarks, Scully said:
I didn’t put enough thought into it Marian. Obviously I was expressing my own personal view of dealings I had with regards to council workings with some people but I knew what I said was wrong.You cannot, you just cannot paint an entire continent with one brush by saying something like that. You just can’t do that. That’s unforgivable.
Scully, who made the original comments in interviews with 4fm and Kfm in Kildare, said that thousands of people had been in touch with him regarding his remarks and there had been a mix of views with people saying “lots of different things”.
He also said:
I should have said that I would not deal with anybody in an aggressive… because we have aggressive Irish… because, you know, we have aggressive other nationalities but I wouldn’t… but what I said was that I wouldn’t deal with black Africans and that’s wrong, you can’t say that.
Scully said that on Tuesday morning he realised he “hadn’t thought the words out properly and correctly and I had caused great offence to a lot of people.”
He went on to say:
What I’ve learned here is that you’ve got to be very careful with the words you use and make sure you express the right opinion.
Scully, who works as an engineer, said he would know the outcome of his job prospects next week but admitted he feared he could lose his job as there was “a lot on the line”.
At the end of the interview he appeared to break down, saying the support he had had was “very uplifting for me” and he thanked everyone for sending emails which said, according to him: “Darren, don’t do anything silly, get on with your life and you have the support of many people”.
I love the fact that a sizable chunk of the population can get to adulthood without being told any of this. How delightfully pointless most of our education system is.
The above is a good analysis of the make up of the P60s but overcomplicated for what most people are interested in – tax reclaims.
To avoid using companies that charge a hefty % of any refunds, just use the PAYE Anytime function on the Revenue website.
https://www.ros.ie/payeAnytime/payeAnytime.html?lang=en#
Request a P20 balancing statement – for which you will need to input some easily identifiable balances from your P60 and Revenue will review your tax year within a couple of days for any over and unfortunately undercharges!
The process is quick and easy easy with money being transferred directly into your account.
& don’t forget to turn in your medical expenses at the same time for 2015..all doctors visits and
Prescription charges plus dental or consultant fees can be claimed back at the rate of 20% of your total spent.
@ Steve
Dental fees cannot automatically be claimed.
Only “Non-Routine” dental fees can potentially be claimed. So routine check up fees are not claimable.
For a list of what is claimable, download a form called a MED 2.
Also, it isn’t just 2015 Med expenses that you can claim – you can go back up to four years and claim un-reimbursed medical expenses dating back to 2012.
As far as I know, the P21 is the Balancing Statement; P20 is a sun block.
Ah I can’t save this article!
Yes indeed – I just claimed for the last 3 years medical expenses online and the money got to my account after 3 days. That’s pretty impressive considering Revenue must be busy this time of year. Was well chuffed when I checked the bank balance!
Always insisting on a P60 every year saved me once from a serious situation with Revenue. One of my employers unknown to me did not have me on his books, my insistence led him to give me not one but two forged P60′s.
It came to light when I applied for a tax rebate that I had not legally been employed for two years and to Revenue I had completely dropped off their records. I was told by Revenue that I would be prosecuted for tax evasion…..until I produced the forged P60′s which led them to prosecute my former employer.
Always get you P60′s.
Make sure your PRSI 4 these 2 years was backdated too!
Whatever about P60s most of Labour will be getting their P45s soon!!!
Their hefty pensions will soften the blow!
“You’re trying to intimidate me by pointing your finger at me” – her idiocy knows no bounds.
She was poor last night. Can’t understand the positive reaction to her performance.
That’s Labour supporters for ya!
E Connolly, just a correction it is a P21 balancing statement
Agreed. Cheers Tadgh
Very informative, just received two identical ones from my employer, unfortunately or fortunately depending on you’re point of view, P45 is coming end of March and no explanation necessary on that one.
#recovery
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Never get a p60 I’m lucky to get my wages at the end of the week
You should get one by law – employer must provide one to every employee by 15th Feb in the year following.
Ask for one if it wasn’t received.
Oh I know I should get one Brinster but my boss is forgetful and struggling financially.most week’s we get the wages in installments!
Hi, what if I started in January? How do I get my P60? I feel like I’m really overtaxed (but been told I’m not in emergency tax) and would like to check my P60.
Thanks.
Mathilde – you need your Tax Credit Certificate, not a P60. Phone your local Revenue district (for PAYE it’s usually 1890 333425) and request a 2016 Tax Credit Cert. Make sure it issues on a cumulative basis and make sure you ate given your Personal and PAYE credits. Tell them to issue a copy to your employer too. You should be able to match your monthly tax credits on your Tax cert to your payslip. If they match, it’s unlikely you’re being overtaxed.
Not good enough!
Hi If I finished with one company half way through the year and started with another company a few months later , does the p60 I receive the following February reflect the salary earned in both jobs or just the most recent job ?
Yes it should. You would have given your new employer the p45 you received after leaving then first job. This would have had your earnings from that employment. The p60 should reflect those earnings and what you have earned in your new employment for the rest of 2015.
Thanks for the update Dr
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