Politics

Paschal Donohoe on IMF job and why No votes won’t come back to bite government

The public expenditure minister talks to our Brussels correspondent about the recent speculation linking him to the IMF job

Paschal Donohoe: ‘Where does my heart lie? My heart lies in Phibsboro, number one. And then Ireland and Europe. And I am so lucky to do what I do.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips

Paschal Donohoe is determined to stay on in his Eurogroup job as long as he can, now that a role at the IMF is out the window. But an early election could put paid to that.

Speaking to the Business Post in Paris, where he was meeting firms and politicians as part of the government’s St Patrick’s Day programme, the public expenditure minister and Eurogroup president repeated his “expectation” that the coalition will see out ...