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The country's largest union has said it acknowledges there is "no feasible prospect" of a left-of-centre government emerging from the forthcoming election.

SIPTU has launched a proposal for “A Progressive Alternative to the Universal Social Charge” (USC). It recommends that a new Social Solidarity Contribution, which would retain all the progressive elements of the existing USC charge as a highly effective and efficient mechanism for raising much-needed revenue from the wealthy and those on top incomes in Irish society, should be introduced.

Jack O’Connor General Secretary of SIPTU calls for pay increases across the economy