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<p>Public expenditure minister Jack Chambers and finance minister Simon Harris with Budget 2027. Picture: PA </p>

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Budget 2027 sees tax changes, a social welfare boost, and cigarettes price hike

Follow all the latest Budget 2027 announcements, political reaction and analysis as the Government unveils its spending plans in the Dáil

<p>Tax, housing, childcare, health, welfare and transport all feature in the Government's latest budget package.</p>

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Budget 2027: The main takeaways

<p>Sean Ryan receives in the region of €292 a week in state pension payments and other small allowances, such as a payment for fuel. Picture: Chani Anderson</p>

munster

Kerry 80-year-old: 'You get the pension on Friday and on Monday there isn’t too much of it left'

Family of Cork man found dead in London after 34 years say they now have closure

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Family of Cork man found dead in London after 34 years say they now have closure

Space and Ireland’s Secret Service: The things you might have missed from Budget 2027

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Space and Ireland’s Secret Service: The things you might have missed from Budget 2027

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Schools blockaded as tens of thousands of protesters take to streets in France

Katie Price interview

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Katie Price’s rape accused ex-husband told girl, 13, ‘I love you’, court hears

Cork man accused of endangering people at bus stop when out-of-control car hit kerb

court and crime

Cork man accused of endangering people at bus stop when out-of-control car hit kerb

Budget 2027: Fuel protest leaders warn action ‘will go ahead’ over diesel and petrol costs

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Budget 2027: Fuel protest leaders warn action ‘will go ahead’ over diesel and petrol costs

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S Fergus Finlay: Hard lessons of the past mean there's no room for radical budget

S Terry Prone: Not every woman wants children — even some who already have them

Michael Clifford

Mick Clifford: Budget 2027 is showing who matters in Ireland — and who is being left with the crumbs

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Elaine Loughlin: Ireland has a cost-of-living crisis. But the gap between those living it is getting wider

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Budget 2027: Cap on childcare fees will not apply to facilities outside of Core Funding model

At her post-budget press conference, children's minister Norma Foley confirmed that some parents will pay more.

Irish Budget 2027

Personal investment accounts are 'not a get-rich-quick scheme', says Simon Harris

Budget 2027: Dara Calleary vows to build on new cost-of-disability payment

Budget 2027: Dara Calleary vows to build on new cost-of-disability payment

Budget 2027: Core funding for childcare can be suspended 'at any time', says Department of Children

Budget 2027: Core funding for childcare can be suspended 'at any time', says Department of Children

munster

Call to reopen West Cork ringfort as visitor attraction

Call to reopen West Cork ringfort as visitor attraction

Councillors back call reopen Lios na gCon ringfort near Clonakilty

2027 Ryder Cup Year To Go Celebration Media Conference

Rory McIlroy and hurling up for discussion as Ryder Cup captains face world's media together

Budget 2027: 'I can't afford to buy a pair of jeans... there are a lot of hidden costs to disability'

Budget 2027: 'I can't afford to buy a pair of jeans... there are a lot of hidden costs to disability'

Killarney National Park installing fencing to prevent deer colliding with traffic

Killarney National Park installing fencing to prevent deer colliding with traffic

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North By Northwest and On The Waterfront star Eva Marie Saint dies aged 102

Actress Eva Marie Saint, who won an Academy Award for her first movie On The Waterfront and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller North By Northwest, has died aged 102.

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Forensics student changes plea to admit murder in Dexter-style ‘kill room’

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European Commission seeks to reassure countries of political and economic costs of expansion

California governor blasts Trump's 'deranged' comment to let Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

California governor blasts Trump's 'deranged' comment to let Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

politics

Budget 2027: Funding for 1,000 additional gardaí and 200 prison officers

Budget 2027: Funding for 1,000 additional gardaí and 200 prison officers

Budget 2027 also includes funding for youth justice, domestic violence initiatives, courts modernisation and alternatives to prison

Budget 2027: Social welfare rates to rise by €10 a week as disability supports increase

Budget 2027: Social welfare rates to rise by €10 a week as disability supports increase

Budget 2027: €5k boost to new home grant — but first-time buyer stamp duty won't be scrapped

Budget 2027: €5k boost to new home grant — but first-time buyer stamp duty won't be scrapped

Fianna Fail think in - Tullamore

Budget 2027: €108m rise in mental health funding to include six more 'solace cafes'

court & crime

Family of Limerick man called gardaí after searching ground at derelict house, murder trial told

Family of Limerick man called gardaí after searching ground at derelict house, murder trial told

The trial of 32-year-old Kurt Ryan on the charge of murdering 25-year-old Lee Slattery in May 2010 is expected to last up to four weeks

Lisa Smith court case

Court upholds ex-soldier Lisa Smith’s conviction for membership of Islamic State

Man who suffered stroke while in Cork hospital settles for €1.2m

Man who suffered stroke while in Cork hospital settles for €1.2m

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Untaxed car case struck out despite 'more than a little bit suspicious' story by accused

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Budget 2027: What's in it for me? | The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast

Budget 2027: What's in it for me? | The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast

On this bonus budget episode, Irish Examiner Political Editor Elaine Loughlin and Business Editor Alan Healy talk Deirdre through the key points of Budget 2027

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Ria Czerniak-LeBov on Gaza, Israel and speaking out as an Irish Jew

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Ria Czerniak-LeBov on Gaza, Israel and speaking out as an Irish Jew

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Children in care targeted by sexual history applications despite rape shield laws

'I knew one day he would come back': Family's long battle to get child back after he was abducted

'I knew one day he would come back': Family's long battle to get child back after he was abducted