Cork campaigner says inheritance tax laws discriminate against childless families

Cork-led campaign says current tax thresholds unfairly penalise single people and those without children across Ireland

James and Shelia Sexton are members of a campaign group called EDIT (End Discrimination in Inheritance Tax)

Campaigners demanding a change to Ireland's inheritance tax laws for childless citizens will meet Tánaiste and finance minister Simon Harris next week. 

James Sexton, a teacher from Model Farm Road in Cork, has been leading a campaign by End Discrimination in Inheritance Tax (Edit) calling for an index-linked lifetime tax free threshold to be introduced to replace the current inheritance tax structure, branding existing laws discriminatory. Mr Sexton will lead a delegation meeting Mr Harris at Government Buildings on Tuesday March 31.