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# Budget 2014

Noonan confirms VAT for hospitality sector to stay at 9 per cent

The rate had been due to revert to 13.5 per cent at the end of the year.

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Oct 15th 2013, 2:51 PM

# all kicking off

Michael Noonan's 13-second Instagram preview of the Budget

Watch him reading an autocue in EXTREME CLOSE-UP.

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Oct 15th 2013, 2:27 PM

# stuck in a moment

Update: Army called in to free half of Cabinet from Government Buildings lift

EL-E-VA-TION!

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Oct 15th 2013, 2:04 PM

# faith in humanity

10 things to remind you that people are actually generous

Forget about this Budget day doom and gloom, and remember why you have faith in humanity.

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Oct 15th 2013, 1:00 PM

# Budget 2014

'It's going to be a very unfair Budget': Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil are already unhappy

And Michael Noonan isn’t even on his feet yet…

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Oct 15th 2013, 12:00 PM

# Budget 2014

Government doesn't expect to lose any TDs over the Budget

Two Labour TDs voted against the party on the Budget last year and the year before.

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Oct 15th 2013, 10:32 AM

# Budget 2014

Taoiseach on the Budget: 'There are some tough decisions in there'

The Cabinet is due to finalise the Budget at a meeting at midday today.

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Oct 15th 2013, 9:56 AM

# Budget 2014

Noonan: 'No connection' between cuts for pensioners & free GP care for under 5s

The Minister’s been speaking to reporters on his way into the final Cabinet meeting ahead of Budget 2014.

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Oct 15th 2013, 9:28 AM

# Budget Bingo

PLAY: Budget Bingo 2014

The Budget is here again, so why not turn it into a fun game with TheJournal.ie’s Budget Bingo?

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Oct 15th 2013, 9:15 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

The Budget, the Budget and everything else happening in Leinster House today

What’s going on in Leinster House today? Well, as you asked…

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Oct 15th 2013, 9:00 AM

# Budget 2014

"Sickest and the poorest" set to be hit hardest by Budget cuts today

Budget speculation this morning is focused on increased prescription charges, cuts to medical cards and phone allowances for pensioners, and a decrease in dole payments for young unemployed people.

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Oct 15th 2013, 8:25 AM

# Budget 2014

Readers’ Panel Part Two: What are you expecting from Budget 2014?

We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of tomorrow’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.

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Oct 15th 2013, 8:00 AM

# Budget 2014

There may be trouble ahead with extra garda units on duty for Budget 2014

Sources said there are concerns about public disorder after a protest last month which resulted in violent scuffles between demonstrators and gardaí.

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Oct 15th 2013, 6:30 AM

# Budget 2014

RTÉ to take €5m hit as Dept of Social Protection cuts free TV licences payment

Current recipients of free licences will not be affected, TheJournal.ie has learned – instead, the State broadcaster will take brunt of the cut.

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Oct 15th 2013, 5:00 AM

# arrgh

9 things we wish WERE getting taxed

Let’s tax these things out of existence.

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Oct 14th 2013, 9:30 PM

# Budget 2014

Readers’ Panel Part One: What are you expecting from Budget 2014?

We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of tomorrow’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.

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Oct 14th 2013, 9:00 PM

# Budget 14

Cork Penny Dinners: "It is hard - and it's getting harder for people"

Staff at Cork Penny Dinners spoke to TheJournal.ie about their fears around Budget 2014.

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Oct 14th 2013, 8:17 PM

# Budget 2014

"Government is treating this like a giveaway Budget" - Fianna Fáil

Michael McGrath says that voters won’t have a “feel-good factor” after tomorrow’s Budget.

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Oct 14th 2013, 6:26 PM

# mind each other

Open thread: As we await Budget 2014, what makes you happy?

Share your stories with us…

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Oct 14th 2013, 6:00 PM

# Budget 2014

GPs split on free GP care for under fives

The plan is expected to be included in tomorrow’s Budget, but GPs don’t seem to know if it is a good thing or a bad thing.

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Oct 14th 2013, 5:37 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Oct 14th 2013, 4:46 PM

# Budget 2014

Carers plead for Household Benefit Package to be protected

Reports over the weekend suggested that some cuts to packages for family carers could be in tomorrow’s Budget, but carers say that would be the wrong move.

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Oct 14th 2013, 3:46 PM

Voices

Column: Our children are an investment worth making

Budget 2014 is an opportunity to take stock of how we prioritise children and whether we put our money where our mouth is, writes Irene Gunning.

Oct 14th 2013, 1:02 PM

# Awkward

The Minister who 'couldn't be bothered' with Twitter is doing a Budget Q&A on Twitter

Someone’s changed their tune…

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Oct 14th 2013, 12:14 PM

Voices

Labour TD: Sinn Féin's Budget proposals based on uncosted, fairytale economics

Any analysis of what is contained in Sinn Féin’s pre-Budget submission shows it to be the usual mix of simplistic solutions based on uncosted, fairytale economics, argues Labour TD Derek Nolan.

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Oct 14th 2013, 12:00 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should dole payments for those under 26 be reduced?

The Government’s expected to change the terms of dole payments for young people in tomorrow’s Budget. But is it a good idea?

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Oct 14th 2013, 9:17 AM

# Budget 2014

'The Budget will not be easy': Howlin and Noonan's video preview of Budget 2014

Don’t be scared now…

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Oct 14th 2013, 8:50 AM

# Budget 2014

The Deal: Cabinet signs off on Budget 2014 ahead of tomorrow's announcement

Ministers Noonan and Howlin will announce all the details in the Dáil tomorrow.

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Oct 14th 2013, 8:01 AM

# Budget 2014

Here's why this year's Budget is being held in October

It’s all about the ‘two-pack’…

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Oct 14th 2013, 7:15 AM

# Time warp

So, here's what definitely won't be in Budget 2014...

Let’s take a nostalgic* look back at what Charlie McCreevy had in store for us ten years ago. We all partied. Apparently.

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Oct 13th 2013, 8:30 PM

# Enda Kenny

Too early to talk of 'clean break' from bailout - Taoiseach

Enda Kenny added that Ireland’s corporate tax rate will not be up for discussion in any talks on a credit facility after the bailout.

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Oct 13th 2013, 1:48 PM

Voices

Sinn Féin: We want to ease the burden and give people a break

It makes sense to put more money into people’s pockets by reducing their taxes so that they have some money to spend in the real economy, writes Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty.

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Oct 13th 2013, 12:00 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Can Irish people learn to trust banks once more?

A bank levy is reportedly being planned by Government to raise between €100-200 million next year but is it enough to convince the country that bank excesses are history?

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Oct 13th 2013, 10:08 AM

# on the ground

Outside Dublin: How Budget 2014 will affect us all

TheJournal.ie paid a visit Cork to see what the city’s hopes and fears are ahead of this week’s budget.

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Oct 13th 2013, 8:00 AM

Voices

Fianna Fáil: Correcting the public finances alone will not be enough to drive recovery

The challenge facing the government is to enhance economic recovery prospects without damaging society’s well-being, says Fianna Fáil’s Michael McGrath ahead of Tuesday’s Budget.

Oct 13th 2013, 8:00 AM

# National address

‘You know something, there’s a change happening’: Kenny confirms bailout exit in December

Enda Kenny was speaking at the Fine Gael national conference in Limerick tonight where he also outlined plans to extend the franchise for Seanad elections.

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Oct 12th 2013, 9:20 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Everyone’s talking about Dr Taufiq Al Sattar’s family, our optimistic leaders and Irish people spreading sexual diseases abroad.

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Oct 12th 2013, 7:55 PM

# Budget 2014

Anti-austerity march calls on unions to support ASTI

Mick O’Reilly of the DCTU said that politics of austerity amounted to a “war on working people’ with the best defence in that war “unflinching solidarity”.

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Oct 12th 2013, 4:09 PM