Politics
Michael Brennan: Calm and steady Donohoe zeroes in on crowd-pleasing measures
The Finance Minister delivered plenty of big announcements, but also warned of ‘unforseen risks and challenges’
Paschal Donohoe knew that announcing the latest increase in carbon tax would not be popular at a time of high fuel prices.
There were shouts from some of the rural Independent TDs when he gave the details of this in the middle of his budget speech because it would have increased the price of a tank of petrol by €1.28 and the price of a tank of diesel by €1.48
Donohoe, however, had a trick ...