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Nostagia for the days when budgets were met with muted relief

Government tax and spending announcements used to be anxiously awaited

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The Irish Times – Letters to the Editor
Sat Oct 10 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READ

Sir, – God be with the days when a Government budget was anxiously awaited. If the minister for finance of the day didn’t hit the “old reliables” (cigarettes, alcohol and fuel), the budget was met with muted relief by the public. Not any more. – Yours, etc,

PAUL DELANEY,

Dalkey,

Co Dublin.