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6th October 2026

Budget 2027

Earn €30k, €45k, €60k or €90k? Here's what the budget means for these incomes

6 Oct

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Must Readthe highlights

From income tax cuts to another euro on cigarettes: Here are the main points of Budget 2027

The pen picks from today’s budget speeches.

Updated 6 Oct

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Evening Wrap

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

6 Oct

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Analysis

Last year's package 'landed like a lead balloon' - so is anyone happy with Budget 2027?

It’s a bit of a ‘one for everyone in the audience’ budget this year – but the coalition can argue that they’re making progress on some election promises.

Jane Matthews

6 Oct

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Budget 2027

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

Updated 6 Oct

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Budget Calculator

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

6 Oct

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Russia

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

6 Oct

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terror group

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

Updated 6 Oct

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Nations League

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

6 Oct

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Income Tax

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

Updated 6 Oct

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Investing

The new investment scheme is finally announced - and people can put a maximum of €12k a year into it

6 Oct

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appeals court

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

6 Oct

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Taxation

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

6 Oct

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Limerick

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

6 Oct

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Budget 2027

Rent tax credit rises by €150 and rent-a-room scheme expanded to garden cabins

6 Oct

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Germany

Germany's former spy chief arrested on suspicion of espionage and treason

6 Oct

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The Daily Poll

Have you stuck the heating on yet this month?

6 Oct

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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

6 Oct

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The 42FM

The Lost Sportswriter: Vincent Hogan interview

Bombs away

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

6 Oct

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nidal hasan

Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood mass shooter

6 Oct

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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

6 Oct

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Budget 2027

Inheritance tax thresholds to increase across all categories

6 Oct

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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?

6 Oct

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Palestine

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

6 Oct

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Mental Health

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

6 Oct

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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.

6 Oct

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Columnits not a date

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

Kelly Earley

6 Oct

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ChatGPT

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

6 Oct

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AnalysisBudget 2027

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

Niall O'Connor

6 Oct

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Monday

5th October 2026

Opinionireland v israel games

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

Paddy O'Dea

Updated 5 Oct

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RAF Fairford

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

Updated 5 Oct

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SeriesHEAR ME OUT

Hear Me Out: Are UAPs (UFOs) real?

Carl Kinsella

5 Oct

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House Of Lords

British novelist and former Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86

5 Oct

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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

5 Oct

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public sector pay row

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

Updated 5 Oct

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RIP

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

5 Oct

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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

5 Oct

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Courts

Ten psychiatrists unavailable to assess man charged with murder, court hears

5 Oct

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Palestine

'Appalling injustice' - academics call on Taoiseach to intervene over visas for Gazan students

5 Oct

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