Gaping hole in Sinn Féin budget figures revealed by finance officials

Politics

New documents show that the party’s costing of its alternative budget were tens of millions wide of the mark

Unveiling Sinn Féin’s alternative budget last October, Pearse Doherty, the party’s finance spokesperson, said he was “putting fairness at the heart of taxation policy”.

Across more than 50 pages the party outlined what it said was “a credible fiscal plan”, including a €6.8 billion package of measures aimed at investment in housing, healthcare, and easing the burden during the cost-of-living crisis.