The Government is considering a new tax rate of 30% in order to ease the pressure on middle income earners. 

But is it likely to help that squeezed middle? 

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Michelle Murphy, who is research and policy analyst with Social Justice Ireland alongside Fine Gael Senator Mary Seery Kearney to discuss...

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