Paschal Donohoe interview: ‘It would be great if we were all in the same building’

Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, interviewed by Irish Examiner Political Editor, Daniel McConnell on the back of delivering Budget 2021. Picture: Moya Nolan

Just 24 hours after he and Michael McGrath delivered their first budget together, the certainty of Paschal Donohoe’s message of hope is already being tested.

As we sit in his expansive office in the Department of Finance for this interview, word filters through that an unscheduled Cabinet meeting has been called to discuss the escalation of Covid-19 restrictions to level 4 for counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan.