Comment: Success of budget depends on post-Brexit economy
Noonan insists there will be no return to boom and bust, writes Michael Brennan
Finance Minister Michael Noonan is insisting he has delivered a Brexit-proofed budget.
But the cold fact is that a budget which started out at €1 billion for tax cuts and spending increases has gone up to €1.3bn.
Noonan did say the economic growth forecast for next year was being cut back to 3.5 per cent due to the "real risk" of Brexit.
Noonan played up the strength of the economy and the fact ...
