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We need cost-of-living supports and mini-Budget - Flaherty

Apr 15, 2026 09:19
By Eoghan Murphy
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We need cost-of-living supports and mini-Budget - Flaherty
Senator Joe Flaherty, speaking in the Seanad yesterday

Joe Flaherty applauded farmers for their recent protests - and apologised to them for 'what they had to do'.

A local Fianna Fáil senator is calling for a mini-budget to deal with the fuel crisis.

Joe Flaherty applauded farmers for their recent protests - and apologised to them for 'what they had to do'.

He criticised the government, saying they didn't react effectively 'in real time' to the fuel crisis.

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Senator Flaherty, from Longford, also says last year's Budget was flawed - and must be rectified:

 

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