The UK Government is “not minded to fund the North correctly”, Mary Lou McDonald claimed as she defended Sinn Féin’s record in the power-sharing Executive. Ms McDonald made the remarks as she seeks to lead Sinn Féin to victory in the general election on Friday, and become Taoiseach. The Sinn Féin leader was responding to […]
If in government, Mary Lou McDonald’s party says it would abolish USC on all earnings under €45,000 and increase the entry rate to the 40 per cent rate of tax by €4,000. From January, the entry point will be €44,000 Source link
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Getty Images The portrait of a former DUP lord mayor was on display at Belfast City Hall A Sinn Féin employee has resigned after admitting involvement in an incident where damage was caused to a portrait in Belfast City Hall. A painting of former lord mayor and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) peer Lord Wallace Browne […]
Confirming she will correct the record on Tuesday, Ms McDonald said: “What matters is that we respond fully to the young person in question and what matters is that the Dáil record is accurate.” Ms McDonald said the teen will be given “a full, unequivocal apology from me”. “He’s a young person who ought to […]
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