Ian O’Riordan: Does the Government truly understand the value of sport?

Some people might be slightly better off, others possibly even worse off, but typically not by much. And that, most insiders will tell you, is everything there is to know about Tuesday’s budget.

Even with that overall package of €8.5 billion – with €7 billion in additional spending, and €1.5 billion in tax reductions – it probably won’t amount to anything much to begin with. Especially when set against the daily reminders that the price of everything is going up and in most cases is never coming back down.