Celtic Tiger citizens hail Budget boosts

SHOPPERS on Ireland’s most famous street browsed blissfully unaware that the animal most closely associated with the Budget was watching their every move.

Grafton Street’s very own Celtic Tiger stared from a circus-themed window display as the passing public digested the details of Brian Cowen’s giveaway Budget.

The window of Brown Thomas was the purrfect location for the iconic feline — the country’s most exclusive store, set on one of the world’s most affluent streets, where retail rent is the fifth most expensive around the globe.