Budget 2017: Students just won’t connect with language of budgetspeak

I would like to stress that I really do care passionately for this country and for its politics. 

However, one of the most stimulating moments of my Budget 2017 experience this year was pressing the wrong button on my RTÉ iPlayer and bringing up Katie Morag on RTÉ Junior. It was so tempting to leave it on.

This budget matters so much for everyone living here for every aspect of our lives. Why couldn’t I concentrate on the speeches? More than anything, I am left disorientated after the budget. Once again, I have been given the incredible opportunity of giving my opinion in a national newspaper and, once again, I find myself having to admit how much I do not understand.