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Budget 2023 might help some back from the brink, but it won’t be enough for them all

 Fianna Fail Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath and Fine Gael Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. 

After weeks of speculation and kite flying, the Budget announcement was awaited with bated breath in many fearful households. So what is in the Budget, really, for the average family?

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