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BUDGET 2017

Finance minister Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe pictured at Government Buildings this evening RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Main points – here’s all the headlines from a not overly-eventful budget
• As it happened – here’s how this year’s budget day played out
• These are the standout quotes of the day
• Smokers have been hit with a hike, but not drivers or drinkers
• The Department of Health is getting its highest level of funding in the State’s history
• Social welfare payments have gone up by €5
• There’s a new, controversial, tax break in place for first-time house buyers
• Small business representatives say the budget is far from Brexit-proof
• Young people are poorly served by the budget according to youth groups
• Your PRSI will now let you get a free teeth-cleaning
• Here’s what the budget means for parents
• Here’s what the budget means if you earn €20,000, €30,000, €40,000, or €100,000

IRELAND

Taoiseach Enda Kenny arriving for Cabinet this morning Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Leo Varadkar has defended lower jobseekers’ paymenst for young people in today’s budget, saying: “there are lots of jobs available”
• The ex-girlfriend of a man, who says he was sleepwalking when his friend was raped, has described his “erratic” sleeping habits
• A creche in Dublin has secured an injunction over an Applegreen service station which has allegedly been pumping out “noxious” waste water
• A jury was shown footage of a “vicious, prolonged” attack on 20-year-old Dale Creighton, who later died
• ‘Substantial damage’ has been done after a car crashed into the front wall of a house in Dublin
• Enda Kenny is planning on running again in the next general election

WORLD

A Cuban-born Trump supporter demonstrates outside a rally for Hillary Clinton today in Miami Wilfredo Lee Wilfredo Lee

#TRUMP: The Republican nominee has had an almighty pop at his own party

#CHED EVANS: The footballer has told has denied rape at his retrial and said he was “being childish” at the time

#BP: The petroleum giant says it is “a little saddened” at a new Hollywood movie about the Deepwater Horizon disaster

INNOVATION

• Samsung has ceased production of its Galaxy Note 7 entirely and told people who own one to turn it off for good as the tech giant tries to contain the damage from the scandal surrounding the device’s battery tending to explode
• Does Twitter Engage really make you feel like a celebrity? [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

Amid all the brouhaha and bluster of another budget day, there was time for a throwback to simpler times this evening, when a Nokia 3210 sang out the old-school Nokia theme during opposition statements in the Dáil. But who was the hipster responsible?

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