Reshuffled promises: New Coalition line-up vows tax cuts and jobs

A break for working families with changed tax rates and more access to childcare are among renewed promises by the Coalition parties as they try to halt their sliding popularity with 18 months left to a general election.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Joan Burton yesterday promised to “widen and deepen the economic recovery” so it is “felt in the daily lives” of people across the country.

They were speaking at the launch of a new coalition deal following a long-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle which saw James Reilly moved out of the Department of Health, which has been the biggest source of controversy.