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16:54 Minister for Finance Brian Cowen has delievered his third Budget speech lowering the top rate of tax, increasing mortgage relief for first-time buyers and increasing the price of cigarettes. As expected, Mr Cowen decided not to change stamp and increased health spending.
Cowen cuts top tax rate but leaves stamp duty
Opposition says Budget fails to tackle 'real issues'
18:31 Opposition parties this evening claimed Minister Cowen's Budget had failed to tackle the "real issues facing Irish society" and that it showed the Government was now out of touch with the electorate.Government leaves stamp duty rates unchanged
16:58 Brian Cowen has left stamp duty rates unchanged but increased mortgage interest relief for first-time buyers from €8,000 to €16,000. The Minister for Finance said any stamp duty cut would - more likely than not - be incorporated into the sale price and end up in the pocket of the seller.Iraq Study Group urges combat withdrawal by 2008
20:02 A high-level US group headed by former secretary of state James Baker, recommended today that US forces withdraw from combat over the next year and focus on trainingEx-boyfriend gets life for Cobh girl's murder
13:26 The former boyfriend of Sheola Keaney, who was killed in Cobh, Co Cork this summer, has received a mandatory life sentence for her murder.
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