Former minister for finance Paschal Donohoe felt political pressure from his colleagues in government to spend more “every moment of every day”, he told the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast in his final interview as an Irish politician. Paschal Donohoe’s last interview Listen | 57:34Mr Donohoe said he was “always worried” by the prospect of corporation tax revenues drying up. But let’s say it was to happen ... we would be facing into that with a surplus of €9 billion. “The second thing that would then happen is, let’s say that shock was to hit us in two to three years’ time. Profile of Minister for Finance stepping down for role at World BankOpens in new window ]As he leaves Irish politics, Mr Donohoe said that he would recommend the life to anyone.

Source: The Irish Times November 20, 2025 06:38 UTC