Budget 2027 Under Siege: Fuel, Fares, Food, and a Fractured Coalition

The Coalition still has room to manoeuvre — if it plays the right cards. Finance Minister Simon Harris signalled that personal income tax relief will be the centrepiece of Budget 2027, pointing out that the higher rate threshold has risen from €33,000 in 2015 to €44,000 today yet still catches too many average earners. Sinn Féin is piling on pressure with a proposal to abolish the USC on the first €40,000 — a populist sweetener that could ease the cost-of-living...