Mary Minihan

Dublin

Seconded to Features Editor at Irish Times

Features Editor @IrishTimes Weekend Review supplement. Former political reporter. Grown-up Derry Girl in Dublin. Pic: Portrush

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Articles

Images of Budget Days down the decades

Sep 29, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Mary Minihan

Each autumn the Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform appear on the steps of Government Buildings clutching their spending, tax and borrowing plans for the following year. They’ve made their decisions about how public money will be spent and the level of taxation needed to fund their plans.
Mary Minihan: What I read this week

Sep 20, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Mary Minihan

Hello from the Features Desk. Hasn’t this been quite the week? So many stories you couldn’t look away from. Epochal events in the Middle East, where Israel stunned Hizbullah and Lebanon with pager and walkie talkie attacks. The fallout from a second attempt to assassinate Donald Trump continued to rock US politics.
My kids are supporting England in the Euros and I need to get over it

Jul 9, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Mary Minihan

It started at the end of June when Scotland were cruelly knocked out of the Euros. I was expressing my dismay at our neighbour’s defeat when one of my sons said simply: “England are our neighbours too and they’re still in. We’re going for them.” Younger brother appeared to be going along with it. There’s no arguing with geography, but the hand of history can weigh heavily, and it was a mild surprise to find out the kids haven’t inherited the ancestral prejudices.