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October
October 2024
in your pocket
Here's what Budget 2025 means for your payslip if you're earning €20,000
1 Oct
15.7k
18
Leaving Cert
The free schoolbooks scheme is being extended again (and booksellers aren't delighted)
1 Oct
6.5k
5
Public Transport
Free public transport for children under nine and companions for over-70s
Updated 1 Oct
7.4k
4
Price at the pump
Carbon tax on petrol and diesel to increase from Wednesday next week
1 Oct
53.1k
59
vice presidents
Larry Donnelly: Tonight's VP debate could prove crucial in the race for the White House
Larry Donnelly
Updated 1 Oct
9.2k
51
Asylum Seekers
400 new staff to be hired to try to speed up processing of asylum claims
1 Oct
11.7k
Limerick
Bill and Alison Chawke charged with violent assault at Co Limerick hotel
1 Oct
44.9k
Cost of Living
All households to get a €125 energy credit this year and another next year
Updated 1 Oct
10.1k
13
budget 2025
Pension, jobseeker's, carer's and disability allowances to increase by €12 per week
1 Oct
73.1k
14
Fertility treatment
Free IVF scheme criteria expanded and free HRT to be provided for menopause
1 Oct
10.5k
2
Thinking of the children
Two double child benefits before Christmas and a €420 'baby boost' for birth of a child
1 Oct
31.5k
10
London
Police seek suspect after ‘acid attack’ leaves 14-year-old girl severely injured
Updated 1 Oct
8.1k
8
home ownership
Help-to-buy scheme extended as Stamp Duty for €1.5m homes rises
1 Oct
7.1k
3
budget 2025
Check your pay: Find out how Budget 2025 will affect what you take home using our calculator
1 Oct
52.7k
budget 2025
Women affected by CervicalCheck failures given exemption from taxes on payments and investments
1 Oct
5.9k
11
cashback
Rent tax credit to rise to €1,000 next year - and has been back-dated to add another €250 for 2024
1 Oct
6.2k
0
budget 2025
Cigarettes to jump by €1 to €18.05 from midnight with a tax on vapes expected next year
1 Oct
21.6k
44
Tax and the Budget
The income tax cuts and USC changes announced in Budget 2025
1 Oct
14.8k
5
Anthony Stokes
Sentencing of former Republic of Ireland footballer delayed pending drug test result
1 Oct
9.3k
OPW
Long-awaited new bridge across the Liffey near the Phoenix Park will be closed at night
1 Oct
24.3k
8
institution
'We served the people of Cork': Iconic chipper Jackie Lennox's to close
Updated 1 Oct
27.9k
38
The Daily Poll
Will you watch the Budget 2025 announcement?
1 Oct
11.0k
32
budget 2025
Student contribution fee set to be cut by €1,000 in Budget
1 Oct
26.1k
1
Ardcarne
Man in his 70s dies from injuries following Roscommon collision yesterday
1 Oct
5.3k
0
Bangkok
Up to 25 people feared dead after school bus fire in Thailand
Updated 1 Oct
3.6k
0
Money Laundering investigation
Garda fraud squad freezes 12 bank accounts and search three properties in Cork
1 Oct
11.6k
budget 2025
Expansion to free IVF scheme to allow couples with a child to access treatment
1 Oct
7.7k
0
police spying
Tribunal in London to probe claims PSNI spied on journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney
1 Oct
2.9k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Israeli troops have entered Lebanon, it’s Budget Day, and the Tánaiste has paid tribute to a Cork institution
1 Oct
3.2k
Santry
Investigation launched after teenager hospitalised following serious assault in Dublin
1 Oct
20.7k
companion pass
Over 70s to be allowed bring loved one or friend on public transport for free
1 Oct
208k
8
Dog Attacks
Countdown begins on ‘public safety’ XL bully ban as phase one launches
1 Oct
7.3k
2
The Morning Lead
It's Budget Day 2025 - Here's a look at how things will play out
Two double child benefit payments, a cut to USC, fuel payments and a €1,000 rent tax credit are all expected in today’s announcement.
1 Oct
22.6k
60
September
September 2024
Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit
Margaret Lynch
Updated 30 Sep
16.3k
Mario Draghi
EU countries must 'sacrifice' their relationships and reliances on multinationals - ex-Italy PM
30 Sep
31.3k
38
€2 billion package
Budget 2025: €420 'baby boost' for new parents among one-off payments in cost of living package
Some once-off payments will likely be issued before Christmas.
Updated 30 Sep
99.8k
199
News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Monday
30 Sep
5.3k
11
CAG Report
Only 61% of carbon tax funds have been spent funding climate action schemes
30 Sep
7.7k
36
Flooding
Death toll from Hurricane Helene could be as high as 600, US official says
Updated 30 Sep
7.6k
9
Roscommon
Man (70s) and woman (40s) injured in road traffic collision in Co Roscommon
30 Sep
10.3k
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