Sinn Fein promises mini-budget and ‘real’ cost-of-living measures in manifesto
The party spokespeople attacked Fine Gael and Fianna Fail on housing and on ‘wasteful spending’.
Sinn Fein has pledged to deliver a mini-budget in its first 100 days of government and “real” cost-of-living measures as it unveiled its election manifesto.
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said that “the basics have to work again for everybody” as she said a united Ireland was “the very best idea” for the country’s future.
Sinn Fein spokespeople took aim at Fine Gael and Fianna Fail several times during their opening statements, accusing them of creating a “mess” in housing, of not addressing “wasteful spending” and of copying their policies.
Flanked by senior party spokespeople at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin, Ms McDonald said that her party had “the best team on the pitch” and that the moment has come “where history meets opportunity”.
When challenged on the number of media appearances she has engaged in, Ms McDonald said that she found the question amusing considering it was raised at a press event.
Challenged again on the party’s proposed review of RTE’s coverage of the conflict in the Middle East, Ms McDonald said the national broadcaster “should be the premier trusted source of information”.
She said she did not see where the line could get murky between editorial independence and oversight.
She also said she would not immediately resign after the general election if Sinn Fein has a poor result.
