By Dan Walsh at Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy
On Monday night Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald addressed a packed crowd in the Riverside Park Hotel in Enniscorthy on the theme ‘The Cost of Living’.
Accompanied by local TDs Johnny Mythen and Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin, she set out Sinn Féin’s measures to make life affordable including a permanent cut in the USC for every worker and a range of other measures to get prices under control.
She made particular reference to the challenges facing people with disabilities.
Many contributions came from the floor, beginning with several mothers talking about the lack of supports for parents of children with disabilities.
There were questions about getting rid of the ‘Fianna Fáil tax’ the USC and how to deliver affordable homes at scale. Many young people talked about how many of their friends had already emigrated because of the challenges of finding a home and the lack of opportunity to build a life.
Tachta McDonald concluded the meeting, saying; “I believe we can build an Ireland where hard work is rewarded. Where young people can afford a home of their own. Where families can get ahead instead of merely getting by. Where older people can live with dignity and security. That is our priority.”
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