In a taste of things to come, what was a key element on Fine Gael’s election manifesto not long ago has become a ‘but that was before’ item.
The party now says it will “seek Oireachtas support to continue to phase out the USC as part of a wider medium-term income tax reform plan.”
This in essence contradicts the party’s pre-election pledge. Fine Gael has now perfected the art of u-turning to an art.