Ellen Coyne

It's just been an instant success.

And it's not the only, like there's a whole genre of literary fiction now that is about this trad wife world because...

It's an attention economy, all of it.

So there's something about it that has just captivated the attention of modern women.

I know some of it is hate watching.

There's some women who just don't like any aspect of this at all.

They think it's regressive.

They think it's like being a traitor to feminism.

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