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veep debate
Larry Donnelly: JD Vance came across as an engaging advocate for Trumpism. That's no mean feat.
In the Name of the Son
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis comes out of retirement to star in son’s directorial debut
Analysis
Budget 2025: Our spending is soaring ... did we learn nothing at all from the last crisis?
Analysis: The party poopers have been consistently wrong for years – the problem is that they just have to be right once.
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Simon Harris plays down election talk (as he canvasses with Fine Gael candidates in Dublin)
Read what you will into the Taoiseach’s decision to spend his post-Budget morning pressing the flesh at Stephen’s Green.
chickenpox
Babies to receive chickenpox vaccine at 12 months as part of new childhood immunisation schedule
Climate emergency
Opinion: The budget lacks the measures needed for a truly inclusive climate transition
US Election
JD Vance and Tim Walz clash over immigration and abortion in US vice-presidential debate
In one memorable moment, Vance refused to say whether he backed Donald Trump’s false claims that he won the 2020 election.
what's to come
Budget 2025: When do the new measures kick in and when will we see the bumper payments?
Here’s what to expect in the year to come.
Tuesday
1 Oct 2024
Middle East
Netanyahu calls Iran's missile attack on Israel a 'big mistake' as he vows to make Tehran 'pay'
budget 2025
Minister says there are measures in the budget for those with no children or a home of their own
Sean 'Diddy' Combs
More than 100 accusers of rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs to sue for rape and sex offences
Budget2025
Single working woman: 'This budget just flat out ignored anyone without a family and a home'
As it happened
Lebanon
Israel vows to retaliate after Iran launches almost 200 missiles in response to Lebanon attacks
The missile attack came after Israel invaded southern Lebanon earlier today.
DOUBLE DOUBLE
Don't need the bonus child benefit payments? You can always just give them back, minister says
in short
Something for everyone in the audience? The key points from Budget 2025
Finance Minister Jack Chambers has confirmed a range of measures.
Michael McMonagle
Taoiseach raises SF press office controversy during heated Dáil exchange with Pearse Doherty
Defence Forces
Former sergeant given suspended sentences for sexually assaulting two army colleagues in 2021
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