Sinn Féin Ard Fheis: Higher tax rate pledge as party defends US funding

Sinn Féin have pledged to introduce a third higher rate of tax as well as a wealth tax if put in power, as the party defended the millions of dollars in funding it has received from US business leaders.

Party finance spokesman Pearse Doherty told a packed hall in Derry at the weekend that his party would introduce new double-taxation measures which would target the wealthy.

His comments came as delegates also attacked Social Protection Minister Joan Burton, claiming she was the ‘minister for austerity’ and neglecting the lower paid.