Vincent P Martin (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate we will be talking about the budget later but I want to acknowledge that the Government really seemed to have a go today at making a tangible, robust response to the crippling issue of the cost of living. It has done so in a robust way but in a way that is not economically reckless.

In this cost-of-living crisis, we should not lose sight of mental wellness and the power of sport to connect and help people. Last weekend in Belfast, at the ripe old age of 37, Eric "Lilywhite Lightning" Donovan from County Kildare fulfilled a dream by becoming a European boxing champion.