Noonan promises tax cuts in FG bid to shore-up votes

Tax cuts have been promised by Finance Minister Michael Noonan as Fine Gael moved to shore up its vote in the looming elections.

Expressing the need to reduce the tax burden on middle-income workers, Mr Noonan used the launch of the party’s local election campaign to announce: “I hope we’ll be able to start the job in the budget in mid-October.”

Mr Noonan said it was a “priority” to lift the entry point for the 40% bracket from the current €32,800.