Ex-junior minister lashes Gilmore for tax breaks

Former junior minister Róisín Shortall has openly questioned if Labour leader Eamon Gilmore, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, and two senior ministers have kept generous tax breaks for pensions in place for their own gain.

She said Labour had promised to address tax relief for high pensions, which could have saved €400m, but the party instead chose to hit hard-pressed families.

“You have flunked it, Tánaiste, in a very serious way,” she said, directly addressing Mr Gilmore in the Dáil.