It is always difficult to unlock the philosophical theme behind a budget. There is so much noise and so many varied announcements that it can be arduous to determine what is meaningful and what is rhetorical. But there can be no doubt that the overarching theme of Budget 2021 was the size and scope of the state itself. Last week, Danny McCoy, the chief executive of Ibec, told me that, prior to Covid-19, he had come to the realisation that the state had become too small for its growing population. Clearly, that is no longer the case. Covid-19 has, in…

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