Opinion

Shane Coleman: Best days are over for Leo and his coalition as election looms

Our expectations have become unmanageable, but political parties over-promising to the electorate is a recipe for economic meltdown

Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport; Tanaiste Micheál Martin; Taoiseach Leo Varadkar; and Michael McGrath, Minister for Finance: ‘No tax cut, no welfare raise, no increase in expenditure, current or capital, will ever be enough for the general public’