Was Paschal Donohoe the hippest Minister for Finance ever?

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From The Archives: In 2017, former Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe was one of RTÉ Brainstorm editor Jim Carroll’s guests at Banter’s Culture & Me event in Dublin Castle, as part of RTÉ’s Culture Night celebrations. Listen above…

It turns out the minister wasn’t just a man for figures and numbers – he spoke at great length about his cultural life.

Aside from tipping us off about the Irish women writers he really likes, the minister also turned out to be quite a music head, expressing his fanboydom for The Waterboys, Ryan Adams, Jesse Malin, Led Zeppelin and many others.

@byjimcarroll interviewing me on @hellobanter about the Waterboys, LCD Soundsystem and other vital matters! pic.twitter.com/RAgURx4Qrv

— Paschal Donohoe (@Paschald) September 22, 2017

Indeed, it turned out that both the minister and then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar were both heading to LCD Soundsystem’s shows in Dublin’s Olympia that week…