Pat's Sunday Paper Review July 26th
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
We'll flick through the Sunday newspapers as usual on a Sunday morning. I'm joined by Sinead O'Carroll, the editor of thejournal.ie. Sinead, good morning. Good morning. Are you Mayo or Kerry?
I always say that I always want good things for David Clifford because he brings so much joy to Gaelic football. But in this instance, I wish all good things for every single person in Mayo who has... Get the monkey off our backs now. Yeah, I think the whole country, I think maybe other than Pockets of Galway and maybe a few people still holding on to the Dublin rivalry, I think everybody else would like to see them just... Get it over the line and then figure out what their next problem will be.
Then let the real championship begin next year when we get that monkey gone. OK, looking at the headlines of the papers, I'll go through the front pages first. On alert, ministers brace for the toughest budget in years. That's on the front of the Business Post. And another story, Big Tech's top Irish staff flocking to AI giants for bumper salaries. The Sunday Independent patients stuck in hospital for 400 days in backlog and lawyers facing blacklisting in the legal aid row, which is ongoing.
Who is Sinéad O'Carroll and why is she on Pat's Sunday Paper Review?
The Mail, their front page is all about a photograph, really, isn't it? We'll talk about that in a little while. Absolutely. And Guess Who is featured on the front of the Mail. And what else do we have? We have... The Sunday Times, if I can find it here.
The Sunday Times. Gardaí probing car bomb linked to former prisoner and also solicitors being blackballed.
And they have an interesting story inside. Nursing home group launching a high court challenge to fair deal. So what have you gleaned from this morning's newspaper?
As you've seen there, we're just running through the front pages. Not one big story, but a few teams coming across. We're getting early budget chat. Obviously, we've just had the summary economic statement. So that leads into kites being flown around what's going to happen in the budget in a few months.
I mean, there was a great promise of inheritance tax being altered and then that was immediately dashed almost.
Yeah. And because the package is going to be smaller and you see from the business post there that, you know, ministers have been told when you're coming looking for things, have your savings ready. If you want to be given money, you're going to have to give back somewhere in your own budget. So that's kind of the message being given across. And then you can see some ministers making their public message already in the papers. There's an interview with Peter Burke in the Sunday Independent where he's saying, Again, bigging up the amount of income tax changes we might see so that middle income earners, which I think a lot of people are like, what is a middle income earner? I think they're talking about anybody who earns between 40 and 60,000 euro will end up about 400 euro more well off if this goes through.
I was talking to a taxi driver who's now an Irish citizen, has been here for years and years, originally from Pakistan. And he's saying, you know, his wife here has a very good job. He's got a very good job. He also drives a taxi. Why? Because the amount of tax that's been taken from him, he feels it's unfair. He gets nothing from the state, really, but he pays PRSI, USC, PAY, as the rest of us do. But the sums don't really add up for him.
Yeah, I think people are starting to feel like we are an expensive country to live in. And they're not just feeling that at pinch points. It's every single day. It's every single time they go to the supermarket. It's every single time they get a bill in.
What do the front pages reveal about early budget chatter and minister reactions?
It's every single time they go to, you know, start a kid in school. So that's part of actually one of the interviews with Peter Burke. They were talking about a potential tourism tax issue. And he's very against it. But I think this is emerging as a team. You know, we're one of the only European countries without it. It is a way to bring in revenue. And if ministers are being asked to bring in revenue, if they're going to be asking for more or to save money, that this could be something.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–1:16
2
Who is Sinéad O'Carroll and why is she on Pat's Sunday Paper Review?
1:16–3:28
3
What do the front pages reveal about early budget chatter and minister reactions?
3:28–11:59
4
How might proposed tax changes affect middle-income earners and everyday costs?
11:59–19:47