Amy named as official Irish artist; BOOKS.ACTRESS Amy Huberman has officially become one of the country's artists and given tax-free status by the Revenue Commissioners, it has emerged. The Clinic star and fiancee of rugby ace Brian O'Driscoll Brian Gerald O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland national rugby union team, and was captain of the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand. has been granted the perk perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. on earnings from her debut novel Hello Heartbreak which was published last week. It is about a 27-year-old woman as she struggles to deal with love and loss. Amy, 30, is included in a new list of 81 additions for tax exemption along with 25 others writers, 25 painters and photographers, 14 musicians, nine sculptors and seven script writers. The Irish scheme is unique in the world for allowing artists to keep every cent of their earnings, though they pay PRSI PRSI Pay Related Social Insurance PRSI Public Relations Society of India PRSI Programmable Random Signal Interconnect . It was introduced by the late Taoiseach Charles Haughey in 1969 to help struggling artists. CAPTION(S): WRITER Amy Huberman |
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