Bumper €18bn budget to weather Covid-19 and Brexit storms

The Government hopes the measures announced yesterday will help Ireland combat the combined storms of the Brexit coronavirus pandemic 

The Government is pinning its hopes that a €17.7bn budget day giveaway will be enough to buttress the country from the perfect storm of the Covid-19 pandemic until the end of 2021.

However, there is a realisation that should further restrictions be required in the coming weeks, the basis of yesterday’s budget will be undermined.