Ireland is politically and economically stable, as Simon Harris pointed out in his Budget speech yesterday.
But keeping it that way is getting more expensive.
Increased capital spending, increased day-to-day spending, tax cuts - yesterday’s Budget delivered the lot. Is this sustainable, with our reliance on multinational tax receipts? Or wise, with our high level of economic growth?
To look at the big picture, Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy are joined by Barra Roantree of Trinity College Dublin on today’s Inside Politics podcast.
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Barra Roantree is an Assistant Professor in Economics at TCD.
