VIDEO: Budget spend doubles to €3bn

One of the most generous pre-election budgets ever is to be unveiled by Finance Minister Michael Noonan, with tax cuts and spending hikes amounting to €3bn, twice what ministers had signalled.

VIDEO: Budget spend doubles to €3bn
Mon, 12 Oct, 2015 - 01:00
Shaun Connolly and Eamon Quinn

The move came as Taoiseach Enda Kenny pulled back from a snap November poll after Coalition infighting threatened to overshadow tomorrow’s intended ‘feelgood’ financial package.

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