Shortall: An unflinching critic with moral authority

When Pat Rabbitte criticised the opposition yesterday for failing to acknowledge measures in the budget to hit high earners such as cutting tax relief for their pensions, Roisin Shortall responded with one word.

“When?”

The question was meant to expose the fact that the move to end tax relief for pensions that will pay out more than €60,000 a year won’t actually take effect until 2014.