A cyclist passes fallen branches at a power cable in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, as a clean-up got under way across Ireland last Saturday after Storm Amy. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
The clean-up from Storm Amy had barely finished when Paschal Donohoe stood up to deliver Budget 2026, but damage to property and power lines was where the gale’s impact ended.
There was no trace of its influence on the Minister for Finance’s speech.
Despite it coming just days after the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) warned the State was poorly prepared for increasingly powerful stor
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