The Dealer was happy to see that the head of the Revenue Commissioners’ Kerry tax district, Anne Dullea, did not have to put her hand muscles at risk of a strain when signing the 420 letters sent to Kerry Co-op shareholders to demand thousands of euros in unexpected tax last month.

In an 18 November email to Revenue bigwig for the south-west Charles Phelan, obtained by the Irish Farmers Journal through a freedom of information request, Dullea writes: “C. 400 letters going in the post today.

“[Name with the editor] was able to scan my signature onto the letter, which has really sped up the process.”

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Maybe the farmers who received the letters could scan banknotes to pay the resulting tax bills?