Will the government take any pre-budget action?

The coalition government is under increasing pressure to bring forward a fresh package of measures to ease the cost of living on Irish households.

Many at the top insist no further interventions will happen until the October budget, but will they be able to stick to that decision and how will it cost them politically?

On this week’s Inside Politics podcast from The Irish Times, Pat Leahy is joined by Jennifer Bray, Jack Horgan-Jones and Irish Times Economics Correspondent Eoin Burke-Kennedy.

The group also assess the proposed pay restoration for top earning public servants, which is expected to provoke a strong backlash from opposition politicians and the public.