Long game must trump tactical manoeuvring
Irish history tells us that parties who buy elections using short-term policies tend to destabilise the economy in the long run. Fiscal history is unkind to Fianna Fáil in particular. Years like 1977 and 2007 are stamped in the public’s mind, where t
This government’s mantra, especially from the Taoiseach, is that there will be no return to the economics of boom and bust. Yet government ministers, however, have been quite verbal in talking up increased expenditure on childcare (a rumoured €100 million), decreases in income tax and more.
Tuesday’s Spring Statement will outline where the economy is going in terms of tax and spend; where the dividend from Ireland’s recent growth is going to come ...
