As the fight over the next EU budget intensifies, what’s in it for Ireland?
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

As the fight over the next EU budget intensifies, what’s in it for Ireland?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 16, 202650 min
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Pat Leahy and Jack Horgan-Jones join Hugh Linehan to look back on the week in politics: Thursday evening in Brussels saw much wrangling over the EU’s proposed €1.6tn budget. As holders of EU presidency, Ireland has a neutral dealmaker role to play - but as one of the net contributors to the pot, will Ireland benefit given the greater focus on security and defence spending? Budget 2027 reaction has been pretty much unanimous, with many experts pointing to the precarious nature of the current corporation tax bonanza. But wielding all that cash can...

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You're listening to The Irish Times. It's Friday, October the 16th and you're very welcome to the Inside Politics Wrap of the Week from The Irish Times. I'm Hugh Linnehan, joined in studio today by Pat Lee and Jack Horgan Jones and on the

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line from Brussels by our correspondent, Jack Power. Hello to everybody. Hey, Hugh. How you doing?

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Great to see you all. Two Jacks on one podcast, always a good thing. We have a surfeit of Jacks in the world these days, Pat, don't we? They seem to be everywhere.

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