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LAST UPDATE | 14 Sep
GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.
1. In our lead story this morning, Christina Finn looks at what we know so far about this year’s Budget.
In contrast to previous years, Government ministers have been trying to temper the public’s expectations ahead of this year’s statement.
2. “You either fight back or you die,” billionaire Elon Musk told UK protestors at a major rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson yesterday.
UK police said an estimated 110,000 people attended, explaining that it used a combination of CCTV and police helicopter footage for its estimate.
3. A new opinion poll has placed Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys just ahead of the chasing pack of candidates in the bid to become president.
4. CNN anchor and journalist John King, who is perhaps best known in Ireland for his ‘magic wall’ and coverage of US presidential elections, admits that he is “deeply concerned” by the direction the US is going in following Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
5. Ireland’s banks are challenging Revolut with a new banking payment feature- but our business analyst Paul O’Donoghue questions why has it taken them so long?
6. US president Donald Trump has said the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all Nato countries stopped buying oil from Russia, as he demanded they wean themselves off the Russian petroleum.
7. Officials are keeping schtum about a stalled homebuyers scheme used to prevent homelessness in Housing Minister James Browne’s constituency.
8. The hit new gameshow on Irish telly has quickly garnered a following, and here Anna Duke, who was an Irish contestant on The Traitors in the UK, writes about navigating online hate and enjoying the players’ game strategies.
9. Ireland’s Fionnuala McCormack produced her best-ever performance on the global stage to finish ninth in the Women’s Marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
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