Why it feels like money has become worthless

Maybe it’s a case that I’m looking back with rose-tinted glasses at a time when one could get value for money

For a country that’s going so well, effectively collecting more than double the money compared to boom times, are we as a country better off now than we were then?

Is it just me, or does it feel like 2007 all over again?

The economy is going well. Ministers Paschal Donoghue and Jack Chambers will preside over what is likely to be the biggest budget in the history of the State. Exchequer receipts, the amount of money collected by the State in taxation, stood at a massive €104bn for 2024. For 2025, the figures are running stronger, at least for now. Tax receipts of €64.1bn were collected to the end of August, up by €4.4bn (7.3%) on the same period of 2024.