Take a gander below at just some of the best tweets from today’s budget announcement…
Is sticking another 40c on cigarettes, already really expensive, not counterproductive & likely to have people buying bootleg fags #Budget15
— Thomas Kelly (@drrrop) October 14, 2014
BREAKING: NO increase in excise duty on alcohol #budget15 #ntfm — Newstalk 106-108fm (@NewstalkFM) October 14, 2014
There you go – the €10 pack of cigarettes. Keep an eye on those flights from Latvia… #Budget15
— Philip Nolan (@philipnolan1) October 14, 2014
#Tiewatch: Noonan in a demure purple, Howlin’s is navy but with enough trim to make it look fuschia. Nicely coordinated #budget15 — Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) October 14, 2014
Remember when Gerry Adams called the Universal Social Charge a “gross act of terrorism”? Three years on, I’m still laughing. #budget15
— Colm Tobin (@colmtobin) October 14, 2014
Genuinely humorous tweets about #Budget15 have been slashed 95%. — Big Monster Love (@bigmonsterlove) October 14, 2014
USC charge – Increasing entry point to USC charge to €12,000 which removes 80,000 low income workers from the charge #Budget15
— SPIN South West (@SPINSouthWest) October 14, 2014
41% Income Tax rate reduced to 40% – PARTY!!! #Budget15 pic.twitter.com/b4j4UWnlEv
— Patrick Hayes (@PatrickSHayes) October 14, 2014
Howlin: additional €10m allocated for homeless services. Bumped up to €55.5m #ntfm #budget15
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) October 14, 2014
No cuts to Social Protection schemes…first time since 2009 #Budget15
— TippFm (@TippFmNews) October 14, 2014
Booze. No change to prices. #Budget15 pic.twitter.com/jlNvYA7nQ5
— iRadio Official (@ThisisiRadio) October 14, 2014
This coming Christmas we will pay a 25% bonus to Social Welfare recipients #Budget15
— The Labour Party (@labour) October 14, 2014
I miss those giveaway budgets of the McCreevy era. He’d stand there on the steps of the Dáil power-hosing everyone in champagne. #budget15
— Colm Tobin (@colmtobin) October 14, 2014
just waiting for Joan and Enda to start playing rock,scissors,paper they look so bored #Budget15
— Martin Morgan (@mdpmorgan) October 14, 2014
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