In an interview at the Department of Finance, 24 hours after defending Budget 2026 before the Dáil, Paschal Donohoe says there has been one key factor behind his choices. “I’m seeing the global economy go through a change the like of which it hasn’t experienced since the aftermath of World War Two,” the Minister for Finance told The Currency. “We have never seen tariffs like this. I’m seeing change in front of my eyes, the way in which countries trade with each other and the way in which the major trading blocks in the world engage with each other and…

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