Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock

Budget 2027: Does this giveaway budget have potential banana skins that might lie ahead for the Government?

Inside Business with Ciaran Hancock

Show Notes

First up on this budget special, host Ciarán Hancock was joined on the line by Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy from Leinster House who took us through the headline elements of the budget.

In part two we focused on childcare, where many parents are put to the pin of their collar paying for their children to be minded in creches and other facilities.

Elain Dunne is chair of the Federation of Early Childhood Providers and owner manager of Treehouse Montessori in Dublin. Will there be enough for a sector that is struggling to make ends meet?

And in the final part of this episode, Ciarán was joined by EY tax partner Frank O’Neill and Cliff Taylor of the Irish Times for their assessment of the budget measures and to discuss how this is being received by the Irish business community.

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