Sinn Féin ‘would creep in during night’, says Joan Burton

Labour leader Joan Burton used her party’s general election launch to warn that if Sinn Féin got the keys to government they would “creep in during the night” and hike up taxes to more than 62%.

The possibility of Gerry Adams’ party gaining power was something to “be fearful of” when it came to the economy, the Tánaiste claimed, as she insisted she was a “tough” Dublin northside woman ready to fight for the party.

Pushing claims that the party would “responsibly” manage the economy, Labour took aim at both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, saying nobody believed the former’s “sleeveen” comments.