Eamon Quinn: Splurge after finding €1bn down the back of the sofa
Making a virtue of finding €1bn down the back of the sofa and seeking to secure political gain by using the bulk of the cash to shore up an out-of-control health service spending, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is getting away with the oldest of political strokes.
The minister announced late on Friday evening that he had unexpectedly found a tax revenue windfall to help plug yet another huge gap in the annual health budget after his own department failed again to police their health department colleagues and stop them overspending €700m to bring this small State’s annual health bill to €15.5bn.
