Coming to terms with Budget 2020

Sir, – My late father always refused to talk about “Budget Day”. Instead, he’d refer to a certain annual event in Dáil Éireann as the “Afternoon of Lost Opportunities”.

I’m beginning to see what he meant. – Yours, etc,

RONAN SCANLAN,

Leopardstown,

Personal best

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Ireland and nuclear energy

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Religious oaths and the Constitution

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Plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

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Dublin 18.