The cabinet’s holding a special meeting this morning to put the finishing touches to the Budget.
Ministers are set to consider measures to ease the cost of childcare, with a second year of free pre-school expected to be considered too expensive.
Also among the chief sticking points is the amount of the extra spending power that will be soaked up in health.
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The boss of Volkswagen in the United States has admitted he knew about the company's emissions scandal more than a year ago.
Documents due to be reviewed by the US House of Representatives later show Michael Horn was told about a so-called 'non-compliance' last spring.
The issue only became public last month.
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EU foreign ministers are meeting their counterparts from countries bordering Syria today, to agree a way forward on the refugee crisis.
The summit is happening in Luxembourg, close to a Germany border town where thousands of refugees are currently staying.
Leaders will discuss stepping up deportations of illegal immigrants today.
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A major milestone's been reached in the ebola outbreak in West Africa.
For the first time since it started last March, a week's passed without any new cases.
The disease has killed more than 11-thousand people - mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Police in the north are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man who may be in Dublin.
Chelsea McGarry and Daire McIlroy were last seen at Portadown Railway Station on Monday at 6pm and are believed to have boarded a train to Dublin.
Chelsea is described as 5 foot 4 of slim build with shoulder length blonde hair and Daire is described as 5 foot 3 of stocky build with brown hair.
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