{"id":133071,"date":"2025-10-20T02:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T02:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/133071\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T02:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T02:24:14","slug":"suddenly-we-were-the-bad-lads-the-inside-story-of-the-greatest-lobbying-campaign-in-budget-history-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/133071\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Suddenly we were the bad lads\u2019 \u2013 the inside story of the greatest lobbying campaign in budget history &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxPaWY0VndCclRoMkF2LWZlVDFmOU9TemFjX0tWZmFnQzR1M2tacjQ4aDVuWG9ZT0R3b28wSTVDcDZWd0hIT0EyczJ1eGdKTnRZRDlLM1paNDFRREd0TkFSbEpETnc0WDZFQzBGZGdYWC1MUzBPX2tmN0VSOU5JcmVrc2owSmN2YTVOOXRaRGpiamNtOHR5VHFFUmxMMXhHcUtzNTFpcGZ2MHU5aEs3dXZGbk5YRDFMYzVSUjVtd0JQY09mYW1FLURfTUpRRm15aFUyYzBzQ3Q2WW9BQUxJZ0tMcVkyRzJYdERsd09J?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Suddenly we were the bad lads\u2019 \u2013 the inside story of the greatest lobbying campaign in budget history<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxQZjAzODZEd1FUdXFsb196S0tRZ2ZoQnBiTkdvWmxHaXdLQ2k2ZEFTUjhoWDNxa3duWWxqTVR1Qi1NYVFyeGc4cGRRM0dxRXYwTmZyVWhsOE5iY1RzUDRoaEVZTGVfa0kzbGpYZXVUTjlpb2UyYlpFQkVmQTd2ai1uZldHX3pIb29ON3NMTF8zOC1XNm9HVXZjUVhYbXNUd2ZmUmhSaHpEX0VRWElVY3NrUExIanRFenJMUW1XMWpucFNjVnp4SERXVlJ6c3dyVmh0RzlqbG9VX2RUanB2ZkJNRHk3Zkc5Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u20ac680m-a-year of tax relief: The inside story of the greatest lobbying campaign in budget history<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5wFBVV95cUxON08yaEhvNFpYRkZrQnNtLXNERjlCc3VqYm5BY0dWWU9HdDdiZ1QxaWdDTVJNc2YySGE1aUJjdzBVV09td0R5LUpxZzVDbmpkYzl4S29kLUxDM08ydExFWGNSb1dwRXdlOGd6MVpEeF9zSldoR19DRmN5bUNpTEIzMW5SVnBGNEFRYmZzVXZjcm0tMU9qVWNRQ2w5Zk5IZGRVZXlBOTliWWNTX19fOWxzWDVPTWotc3VkWkoybzZ1ZEtkUzd0VmdyUlRYMzFMSGZ4Rzl3bnlhWXEzWUVrMHEybThLdU4zNjQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reduced VAT rate will give hospitality sector &#8216;breathing space&#8217; says former Limerick restaurant owner<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Limerick Leader<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQanBIcXdCbEtRaFVWNWh6a2t2WTNlQXYzUGpTUVdFSHozd00yYXR4X0k3RXpDaVVfTkNTMVJQN0VGU3BydzA5RFh4cUQ0dHBPNTA3dnN4a3lNOUxGbVVVSDI2MDM3aE03UU1wV1Q5WE5HcVBoYWtUUXdYeUR1enBUZVdzRUpKZG41VE5IU3RxWDlJTW5PaFhKR0VlZjY5MUZwQmJrSjdmOWNDc3h6LW5rdWRXdVljQ2tKZ3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New budget brings hope for hospitality sector\u2013 but will it come too late?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Farmers Journal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Suddenly we were the bad lads\u2019 \u2013 the inside story of the greatest lobbying campaign in budget history&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[10472,79,18,19,17,1265],"class_list":{"0":"post-133071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-budget-2026","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-sean-pollock"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}