Host Ciarán Hancock is joined by guests to pore over the main points of Budget 2025.

The €10.5 billion package has a range of measures, including the threshold for higher income tax rate rising to €44,000, the minimum wage gets an 80 cent bump to €13.50 an hour, the USC rate will be cut to three per cent, income credits will increase by €125, and a €12 weekly increase to welfare and pension payments.

On the panel:

Michael Rooney, EY Ireland Tax Partner

Irish economy forecast to contract slightly by EU commission

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Judge criticises ‘unacceptable’ delay submitting expert information in cases against Web Summit

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Michael O’Flynn seeks green light to build 550 homes in Cork

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Parties’ general election manifestos struggle to make the figures add up

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Elaine Dunne, chairperson of the Federation of Early Childhood providers

Cliff Taylor, Irish Times Managing Editor

Jenifer Bray, Irish Times Political Correspondent

Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound.