Fr McVerry: Cutting top tax rate ‘obnoxious’

A leading anti-homelessness campaigner has described Government plans to prioritise top level tax rate cuts in the budget instead of addressing poverty-causing policies as "obnoxious".

Fr Peter McVerry said the plan completely ignores those worst-hit by the economic crash.

He was speaking at a public meeting of the McVerry Trust organised to call for an audit of empty buildings in Dublin to see if any could be used for housing.