Jim Power: We don't need the circus of Budget Day. We need long-term strategy
Mininster for Finance Pascal Donohue will deliver his Budget 2026 in just over five weeks. Does Ireland need a performative Budget Day presentation in the Dáil? Picture: Government Information Service
With just five weeks to go to Budget 2026 and a little longer until the presidential election, these two topics will dominate economic and political discourse over the coming weeks.
Personally, I don’t see the point of an expensive presidency in the first place, but it is enshrined in our constitution. In relation to the annual budget, I see even less of a rationale for it.
