BULLETIN: Final negotiations ahead of Budget 2019; Good Friday Agreement not 'sacrosanct', says Foster

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IRELAND: Petrol, diesel, cigarettes and the hotel Vat rate are all going up in next week's Budget. It comes as final negotiations take place ahead of Budget day on October 9.

IRELAND: The Government is set to double the gambling tax as part of next Tuesday’s budget, according to Government sources.

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IRELAND: Sinn Féin has accused the DUP of showing a reckless disregard for the Good Friday Agreement after leader Arlene Foster claimed the peace deal was not sacrosanct.

IRELAND: A 30-year-old man has pleaded guilty to murdering a mother of four in Waterford city last year.

IRELAND: There are delays to child benefit and other social welfare payments to a number of Irish banks.

IRELAND: Engineers pressed ahead with a controversial full junction closure process for an exit on the N20 Cork to Limerick road even though it appeared it was “doomed politically”, it has emerged.

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WORLD: Residents of the town closest to the epicentre of the earthquake which devastated parts of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island have begged the country’s president to help them.

BUSINESS: Ryanair shares plummeted by close to 13% — knocking nearly €2bn off the company’s value — after it said full-year profits will likely be lower than expected.

ANALYSIS: The Government says it takes fire safety very seriously. Reports in recent years have been lacking, however, with tragedies still a real possibility, writes Michael Clifford.

SPORT: Racing 92 have poured cold water on a possible move to sign Conor Murray when his IRFU expires after the World Cup next year.

SPORT: The woman who was hit by the golf ball of Brooks Koepka as he hit a tee shot at the Ryder Cup on Friday has lost the sight in an eye.

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CULTURE: Ailbhe Griffith stars in a new film on her own real-life experience about arranging a meeting with the man who had assaulted her, writes Esther McCarthy.

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SHOWBIZ: JK Rowling’s gritty crime drama Strike will return to screens following the release of the latest novel in the series, Lethal White.

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