Daniel McConnell: Spend, spend, spend - but no champagne corks popping

The biggest giveaway budget in history has seen overall Government spending balloon from €87bn last year to €106bn this year and €109bn next year

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe pictured at Government Buildings,Dublin for Budget 2021. Picture: Julien Behal

Spend, Spend, Spend – the clear mantra of Budget 2021.

With a budget day package in excess of €17 billion, the two most prudent men in Leinster House, Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath stood up with gleeful abandon and splurged all around them.