Paschal Donohoe is sitting in Kennedy’s, a bustling cafe in the heart of Phibsborough, where the minister for public expenditure and reform and Fine Gael finance spokesperson is campaigning for re-election in the Dublin Central constituency.  Just outside the door, his poster is hanging next to the sign of the estate agent selling the premises of Loretta’s, a much-loved restaurant in the neighbourhood that closed last Christmas. This is where I want to begin our interview: As his Dáil term ends, does Donohoe think he has done enough for businesses like the defunct Loretta’s? “I do believe that I have…

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