Radio review: With robust public finances allowing Ministers a Teflon complacency, the fireworks of old are missing from the post-budget airwaves
Phillip Schofield: jaw-dropping Cast Away finale as the ex-presenter burns the names of his enemies and runs naked into the sea“What you’re actually saying is you’ve breached your own rules,” says Cuddihy scornfully. If nothing else, the host deserves kudos for making a discussion on fiscal projections sound lively.
The Minister, blandly polished throughout, vaguely replies that there could be shifts in different areas of the economy that free up workers, but he sounds unconvincing. As a Dublin newsroom wag once archly observed, the Rolling StonesBut then, while State coffers are flush with corporate tax, spraying money in all directions is an easier option than tedious long-term planning.
Amid the billions being splurged elsewhere, it might seem a minor matter for Cuddihy to cover, but the ludicrousness of the plan adds to the impression of a government indulging in heedless extravagance. That said, having more money than sense is a problem many ministers for finance can only dream of. get a far easier ride than previous incumbents did during the fraught years of postcrash austerity.
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