Irish Examiner view: Long summer of speculation

With the announcement that an extra €6.7bn will be spent in September's early budget addressing the cost-of-living crisis, speculation will run riot on where and what the money should be spent on.

Finance minister Paschal Donohoe announced that an extra €6.7bn will be added to the coming Budget.

The good news for the Government  is that there will be a lot more cash on offer in this year’s budget — some €6.7bn in spending and taxation measures — and it will be delivered early, at the end of September rather than October.

The proposed measures were generally welcomed, but ministers and TDs will be only too acutely aware that there is a long summer ahead of them at home in their constituencies.