“No budget can do everything”: Paschal Donohoe on trade-offs, tariffs and Budget 2026
To grasp the pressures on Paschal Donohoe’s time, it helps to glance at his recent diary. Nine days ago, in his capacity as Eurogroup president, he was in Copenhagen for meetings with fellow finance ministers, followed by a session with Ecofin. Three days later, he was back in Dublin, only to depart again — this time for Zurich, en route to Slovenia. Flight chaos and travel interruptions forced him home that same evening. Today, he finds himself in Carlow, addressing a Fine Gael conference on small business and enterprise. In between, he has fielded questions at the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight…
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