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Budget 2013
Budget 2013: Here’s how Twitter reacted
From the cuts in child benefit and respite care to the increase in the price of wine, here’s how people on Twitter reacted to Budget 2013.
YOU CAN TELL it’s Budget Day in Ireland when #PRSI, #MichaelNoonan and #Dail are trending for most of the day on Twitter.
Predictably, given the nature of today’s Budget which targeted a large number of groups across society, a lot of the reaction so far has been negative. The government has been criticised for targeting vulnerable groups ahead of people with money and for hitting easy targets ahead of making more imaginative changes.
Twitter has been filled with tweets about the PRSI changes, the increase on alcohol, and the cuts to child benefit. Here’s a round up of what people on Twitter have been saying:
Budget 2013 - Colm O'Gorman
Budget 2013 - Elaine Edwards
Budget 2013 - Una Mullally
Budget 2013 - Colm Tobin
Budget 2013 - Paul Watson
Budget 2013 - Labour TD Colm Keaveney
Budget 2013 - Kim Bielenberg
Budget 2013 - Niamh Pitts
budget 2013 - Michael Kelly
Budget 2013 - June Shannon
Budget 2013 - Jilian van Turnhout
Budget 2013 - Philip Nolan
Budget 2013 - Simon Community
Budget 2013 - Katie Harrington
Budget 2013 - Deirdre Mullen
Budget 2013 - Chris Barrett
Budget 2013 - Richard Tol
Budget 2013 - Aideen Carberry
Budget 2013 - Ciara Leena
Budget 2013 - Rowan Gallagher
Budget 2013 - Ken Curtin
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