Shane Ross: My father almost completely cut me out of his will as he felt I had lost the run of myself and bec
Government is raiding treasure troves parents have saved for their children
Shane Ross: "A will contains a serious power." Photo: David Conachy. 21/3/2025Up until the time that my father, a comfortably off middle-class Dublin solicitor, died a few years ago, I was a bellicose opponent of inheritance tax. Like many older people, he enjoyed making, revising and rewriting his will. It kept his expectant relatives, including my siblings and me, vaguely in line.
