Politics, economics and pop can be a powerful combination.
When CMAT sang about them in her summer hit Euro-Country, she not only sparked a conversation about growing up during austerity, she may have also derailed a bid for the presidency.
With the Government's next Budget due to be announced on Tuesday, we spent the day in CMAT's hometown of Dunboyne, Co Meath to ask people there how they are feeling about things.
We spoke to people living in the town, a small business owner worried about keeping the doors open, and students attending Dunboyne College of Further Education.
Watch the video to hear what they had to say.
