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Disability U-turn: Joan Burton in storm over €128k aide pay
JOAN Burton, who was forced into an embarrassing climbdown on disability payments yesterday, personally secured the largest salary above the Government's pay cap for a spin doctor.
Accept change or lose €300m in pay, public sector warned
FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan has warned for the first time that public-sector workers could lose €300m a year in pay increases if they do not move to fill gaps in frontline services.
€60m hole found in Noonan's figures
FINANCE Minister Michael Noonan has massively miscalculated the amount of money the Government will make from the controversial €100 household charge, the Irish Independent has learned.
Tax changes to spark revival of property prices
PROPERTY prices look set to stabilise and even increase in some sectors of the market following the Budget changes and the expected spur of a further 0.5pc cut in mortgage rates today.
More cuts loom after U-turn on disability
SOCIAL Protection Minister Joan Burton will have to find up to €7m in extra social welfare cutbacks after carrying out her first Budget U-turn yesterday.
Noonan gambles with new tax rises
The Government has taken a gamble on economic recovery after unleashing a slew of indirect taxes hitting every aspect of daily life.
Adams urges back benchers to rebel against austerity
SINN Fein president Gerry Adams has called on disgruntled Fine Gael and Labour backbenchers to rebel over the Government's harsh austerity measures.
Ahern must pay own mobile and secretarial bills
BERTIE Ahern faces stumping up for his own mobile-phone and secretarial bills -- worth thousands of euro a year -- under changes announced to payments to former Taoisigh.
Taoiseach silent on pay rise for five other advisers
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny won't say if he personally intervened to raise the wages of any more special advisers as controversy raged over his demand for a €35,000 pay hike for a spindoctor.
Passengers face 8pc hike in bus and rail fares as services cut
BUS and rail passengers face an 8pc fare hike at the same time as services are to be significantly cut.
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