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Does this pretty much sum up the reaction to #Budget2015?

OR NOT…

THERE’S PLENTY OF criticism of today’s Budget out there. Of course there is.

But a trawl through the inter-webs between around 3 and 4pm this afternoon suggests the Irish people aren’t as desperately sore as they might have expected to be.

If you had to choose one word to encapsulate the feeling out there, would this be it?

'relief' is now trending in Ireland http://t.co/lnn4sEU0a6
— Trendsmap Ireland (@TrendsIreland) October 14, 2014

Trendsmap Ireland / Twitter

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