Donohoe must square a tricky circle

A conservative electorate and a housing crisis have given Paschal Donohoe a dicey path to tread

It’s budget week, and for this quarter’s Coyne Research poll, we are turning our attention to some of the key taxation issues facing the government and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe as he finalises his figures for presentation to the Dáil this Tuesday.

To better understand how people view the budgetary process, we asked whether people believe that the government should prioritise current or capital expenditure. In addition to these general questions, we ...