Exchequer returns: misplaced confidence

An tSaoi 02/07/2009

An tSaoi: Last month’s exchequer figures sent the Taoiseach into his garden to tend the green shoots of recovery. This month the Minister for Finance sees hope as the rate of decline in tax revenue decreases. All this confidence, surely it can’t be misplaced? Well lad, I am afraid it is. A cursory examination of the figures, confirms that the …