Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan’s speech is available to read here, or to watch here.
The Government’s summary of the measures announced in the Budget is available here.
Two teenagers are recovering today after they were shot during paramilitary-style punishment attacks in west Belfast last night.
The first incident happened at around 7.30pm, when an 18-year-old youth was shot in an alleyway off the West Circular Road.
At 11pm, a 17-year-old youth was walking along Shores Road when he was dragged into a car and taken to Glenveagh Park, where he was shot in both ankles.
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