The Briefing - Your Tuesday morning news catch up

Welcome to your Tuesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 - 01:00

BRIEFING TOP STORY

MARIUS LUBYS: "WE WERE DUE TO LEAVE FOR LITHUANIA"

Marius Lubys, the husband of Jolanta and father of Enrika, told how they had married in 2004 in Lithuania and Enrika had been born in February 2005.

IRISH NEWS

BUDGET 'TO MARK DECISIVE SHIFT' IN FORTUNES

A package aimed at bolstering economic growth and raising the living standards of an austerity-weary public will be unveiled today in the first budget in seven years not to cut overall spending.

BUDGET 2015: CATCH UP WITH THE LATEST NEWS AND VIEWS RIGHT HERE

For those who no longer believe religion is the opiate of the masses, an argument to the contrary could be made in one Co Louth parish.

WORLD NEWS

TOP GEAR HOST INSISTS NUMBER PLATE WAS ACCIDENT

Top Gear host Richard Hammond has claimed the programme team felt a "real chill" when it dawned on them their number plate could cause offence in Argentina.

SPIDERS 'BLEEDING FROM WALLS' DRIVE FAMILY OUT

A family was driven from their suburban St Louis, Missouri home by up to 6,000 venomous spiders that fell from the ceiling and oozed from the walls.

SPORT

AUTHORITIES PROBE RACIAL ABUSE CLAIM

Coiste na nÓg top brass are investigating the alleged racial abuse of an U16 footballer during a Cork championship semi-final on Saturday.

FIGHTING IRISH SHOOT FOR THE STARS

Euro 2016 Group D qualifier

German v Rep of Ireland

BUSINESS

LIEBHER PROFITS DRAGGED BY COSTS

The Kerry-based Liebherr crane factory dogged by an industrial dispute in the last 12 months saw profits fall sharply as costs surged last year.

VIEWPOINTS

TODAY WILL DECIDE WHETHER OF NOT GOVERNMENT IS DEAD IN THE WATER

TODAY’S the day. We’ll discover if the Government has a chance of making history, and of becoming the first coalition in our history to be re-elected. Today’s Budget will be the first of two tests.

EXAMVIRAL

9 THING THAT SHOULD NEVER BE EATEN WITH CHOCOLATE

Delicious as they are, there are certain things that should never be seen or served with chocolate. Never ever.

SHOWBIZ

MILEY CYRUS: I'M A WALKING JOKE

Miley Cyrus has called herself a "walking joke".

TOP FEATURES

KATE MCGREW: TV, PROSTITUTION AND HER FAMILY

Artist Kate McGrew’s respectable family — her mother is a retired professor — are doing their best to support her decision to out herself on TV as a prostitute, says Ellie O’Byrne