Artists in Ireland

This is some what old news to me but I have yet posted anything on such topic but I have read in multiple sources that If one pursues a career in the arts with in Ireland they then are not required to pay income taxes. I suppose this is quite an incentive to bring artists of all walks of life to Ireland to keep the culture rich and full of life. Illustrators, writers, photographers, sculptors and the such would all be exempt from income taxes on this account.
Oddly enough I my self am pursuing a career in Photography so I would fit into that demographic though regardless of such an offer I'd still find my self lucky to be living in Ireland regardless of paying income tax or not.
Some people think this program isn't so great in the regards of much larger name artists; such as Bono of U2. Even though he is well known for his charity much like the rest of the Irish community, some still think it's going a bit too far for him to not pay taxes on his millions.