Here's what happened today outside of the budget
For many, Tuesday's water cooler chat centred around Budget 2024.
However, there was plenty of other news making headlines as Ministers Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe announced the budget in Dublin.
Here's a round up of today's non-budget news.
A man in his 50s has been arrested by gardaí investigating the disappearance of Tina Satchwell.
Ms Satchwell was reported missing from her home on Grattan Street, Youghal, Co. Cork, in 2017.
Gardaí said in a statement that the investigation has been upgraded to murder, and the investigation is being led from Midleton Garda Station.
An Israeli military official says the death toll from Hamas’ surprise attack over the weekend has now risen above 1,000.
It comes as Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighbourhood by neighbourhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory. It vowed a retaliation against the Hamas militant group that would “reverberate … for generations”.
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Ireland and the UK’s bid to host Euro 2028 has been formally approved, UEFA has announced.
Ten stadia across the five nations will host the matches in five years’ time, with analysts projecting a €3bn boost to the host nation economies on the back of the tournament.
The FAI has guaranteed a legacy fund of €6.2m for the Irish game after being confirmed as co-hosts.
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There were a number of high-profile cases before the courts on Tuesday. They included:
- A woman has told the defilement trial of an Irish celebrity that she told him she was 16 before they engaged in any sexual activity.
- A Ukrainian refugee accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a fellow Ukranian man with whom she had been socialising in Cork was brought before the district court where gardaí objected to bail, saying she was a flight risk.
- The prosecution told the jury in the Mallow murder trial that it was a tragedy where one man was dead and another was accused of murder and all resulting from “young men’s bravado and bullshit”.
- A pub in a Co. Kerry village which used a 'dodgy box’ to show Premier League soccer has been ordered to pay damages of €20,000 to the Sky broadcasting company.
A High Court judge has said it is astounding that the parents of a six-year-old boy caught up in the Temple Street Hospital spinal surgery controversy had to come to court to seek his medical records.
Mr Justice Brian Cregan made his remarks as the CEO of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) Eilish Hardiman attended the High Court where the organisation apologised and its counsel accepted there had been “total breakdown in communication” with the parents of Luke Byrne from Dublin.
Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rainfall warning for Cork and Kerry. The warning comes into effect from midnight and will run until midday on Wednesday.
According to the forecaster, "rain will turn heavy at times overnight and Wednesday morning". Potential impacts may include localised flooding and difficult driving conditions.
A Kerry mother whose teenage son lost his battle with cancer has told the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying that the introduction of assisted suicide or euthanasia in Ireland would "undermine the trust placed in doctors when it comes to end-of-life care".
Tralee teenager Donal Walsh shot to prominence in 2013 for his campaigning against teenage suicide whilst battling Osteo Sarcoma, a terminal form of bone cancer.
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