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Local TD Peter Burke tipped as new finance minister, as Donohoe quits

Nov 18, 2025 10:27
By Eoghan Murphy
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Local TD Peter Burke tipped as new finance minister, as Donohoe quits
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Donohoe is quitting government, and as a TD.

Longford-Westmeath TD Peter Burke is being tipped to replace Paschal Donohoe as finance minister.

Donohoe is quitting government, and as a TD.

He's understood to have been offered the position of managing director at the world bank, informing the Taoiseach and Tánaiste that he will accept the position.

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Craig Hughes is the political editor of the Irish Daily Mail. Speaking on the Joe Finnegan Show this morning, he tipped Burke to replace him:

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