Peter Burke has learned to be patient. Three budgets into his time as Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Burke says one of the biggest lessons of the job has been learning how to operate at a different pace from the private sector. “I’ve learned to be calm in budget negotiations,” he tells The Currency, sitting in his Kildare Street office just 24 hours after Budget 2027. He remembers his first budget, when he was pushing hard for a reduction in Vat for the hospitality sector. He was public in his determination to get the reduction. “I probably lost the…

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