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Budget 2027 revealed

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LiveLiveblog

Budget 2027 includes income tax band change, carbon tax freeze, and price hike on cigarettes

Simon Harris and Jack Chambers have confirmed the details of the government’s spending plans for next year.

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Budget Calculator

Check your wages: Use our calculator to find out how Budget 2027 will affect your pay

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Russia

The WHO says the risk of the plague to Europe is 'very low'

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terror group

Court upholds Lisa Smith's conviction for membership of Islamic State

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Nations League

Uefa probe into Ireland v Israel tunnel bust-up after spitting claim

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cost of childcare

Higher childcare subsidies for kids up to senior infants won't kick in until next September

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Climate u-turn

Carbon tax on home heating slashed and planned increases are no more

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Budget 2027

The annual headline cost of a university degree has been reduced by €150

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Budget 2027

State pension and Jobseekers’ payments to rise by €10 per week from next year

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Income Tax

The higher tax band won't kick in until you earn €46,500

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Investing

New investment scheme with annual tax-free threshold of €50k to kick in next July

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appeals court

A5 road from the Tyrone border to Derry set for major upgrade after Belfast court ruling

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Taxation

Cigarettes to hit €20 a box for the first time from midnight tonight

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Limerick

Armed gardaí shot an XL Bully dog after it killed Limerick woman, inquest hears

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Budget 2027

Are you a renter? Your tax credit will increase by €150 next year

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Must Readthe highlights

Budget 2027: Here are the main points you need to know

All the latest as the measures for the next year are confirmed.

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Germany

Ex-German spy chief arrested on suspicion of espionage

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investigates

Recent investigations from our team shining a light on how Ireland works

Your Stories

‘I felt completely alone’: Readers share their stories accessing pregnancy mental health supports

Mother and Baby Unit

Location of mother and baby psychiatric unit still not decided after almost ten years of delays

Perinatal Mental Health

Pregnant women and new mothers in Ireland find restricted access to crisis mental health support

Foster Care

Tusla can't say how many foster carers were removed due to complaints or allegations

Licence Applications

Who's behind the seaweed harvesting applications covering over 14,000 hectares of Ireland's coastline?

Seaweed Harvesting

Maritime regulator investigating multiple claims of illegal seaweed harvesting in protected areas

The Daily Poll

Have you stuck the heating on yet this month?

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Patrick O'Sullivan

'It's a closure for us': Cork man who went missing in 1992 is located deceased in the UK

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The 42FM

The Lost Sportswriter: Vincent Hogan interview

Hacked

Irish customers of Asos receive bizarre, threatening message as the company is hacked

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Bombs away

The Tories want to build 'Britannia Shield', essentially 'a British Iron Dome'

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nidal hasan

Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood mass shooter

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SeriesThe FOI Files

The FOI Files: How laws on family reunification were tweaked to make them more difficult to waive

Records from the Department of Justice show how they made it harder for immigration officials to waive the rules in exceptional humanitarian circumstances.

Conor O'Carroll

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Budget 2027

Inheritance tax thresholds to increase across all categories

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Primary teachers to strike, France braces for more protests, and what’s in the budget?

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Palestine

Israel puts army on alert and claims Hamas planning 'terrorist' attack on 7 October anniversary

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Mental Health

Mental health support is unaffordable for almost half of young adults in Ireland, research finds

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riot police

France braces for more student protests as tens of thousands expected to turn out in Paris

The office of the country’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has called for “peaceful” gatherings.

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Columnits not a date

Forget the iced coffees, job interviews have lost the run of themselves

Kelly Earley

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ChatGPT

'We are sorry': OpenAI apologises to Australia for hacking government health service data

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AnalysisBudget 2027

Where will the money to fund Ireland's ambitious defence investment plans come from?

Niall O'Connor

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Yesterday

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Opinionireland v israel games

The FAI’s communications misstep: Where was Uefa while the Irish squad took the heat?

Paddy O'Dea

Updated 16 hrs ago

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RAF Fairford

US bombers pulled from RAF Fairford in face of ‘some threats’, says Trump

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SeriesHEAR ME OUT

Hear Me Out: Are UAPs (UFOs) real?

Carl Kinsella

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House Of Lords

British novelist and former Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86

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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

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public sector pay row

Primary school teachers begin work-to-rule as union confirms second strike date

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RIP

'My heart is broken': Niamh O'Brien, Irish dancer and wife of Michael Flatley, dies aged 52

19 hrs ago

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Must Readdone and dusted

Help to Buy set to increase to €35k and everything else we know about what is in Budget 2027

It has also been agreed that the State pension will increase by €10 per week.

Jane Matthews and Christina Finn

19 hrs ago

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