Budget 2017 reaction: 'We are seeing a re-run of vintage old politics,' says Sinn Féin

Update 12.15pm: Sinn Féin has accused Government of repeating boom-time economic mistakes amid widespread reports it is set to cut taxes, introduce property tax incentives and hand out "concessions" to coalition parties in a bid to buy voter support, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner.

The opposition party's finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty and deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald made the claim this morning before the official announcement of budget 2017 at 1pm this afternoon.