Ellen Coyne
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622 appearances
9 recordings
5 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 18 Jun
Ellen Coyne’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Brendan O'Connor · “‘Yesteryear’ shines another light on the Trad Wife culture war” · 3 May 2026
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But it's certainly something that people can't really tear their eyes away from.
Brendan O'Connor on RTÉ Radio 1.
Yes, and I think the government is struggling basically with a perception problem.
As you correctly identified, a lot of people perceive that three quarters of a billion euro package as being for two sectors, even though obviously a huge chunk of it was an excise cut that benefits the broader population.
But add to that the fact that you've both sides of the coalition now talking about a personal tax package in this coming budget.
people would be fair to say that obviously that was a priority after the real first priority, which was a tax cut for the hospitality sector, which Conor focused on.
And I know that the government is arguing against these calls for a mini-budget, fairly, I suppose, saying that this war is not over.
Unfortunately, things could get worse.
And what appears now to meet the threshold for a mini-budget
could look like the halfpenny place in six to eight weeks' time because we just don't know.
But I think, unfortunately, in political terms, those six months between now and the budget in early October is an eternity for people who feel that households were not given help and that specific industries and certain sectors were.
I mean, those specific protests really did fizzle out quite quickly once there was a more
hands-on policing strategy taken.
However, I think that it really has left its mark on politics in general because people have learnt that the government does respond to more aggressive protest tactics.
And I think what kind of took the government aback was the fact that even people who were deeply uncomfortable with some of the tactics, the fact that there were what some people described as illegal blockades used
The empathy that people had for a very strong anti-government protest group was quite strong.
And I think as Louise articulated, if you're talking about things that affect your household budget, I mean, the fact that energy prices have been rising is the long tail of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
We're still dealing with that.
So the consequences of that cost of living crisis were still being felt at the point in time at which the government's tried to unravel the last round of one-off measures.
That 300,000 people in arrears figure that we've heard all week actually predates the war on Iran.
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