Irish Independent - 2019-10-09

• Budget paralysis as we brace for Brexit impact
• Carbon tax is no cash grab, says Donohoe
• Physical Samoa side may provide perfect warm-up for quarter-finals
• Boris using gullible media to frame the Brexit debate
• What a hangover really does to your body – and can you cure it?
• Hong Kong protests: leader won’t rule out asking China for help
• Family plea as concern for missing woman grows
• Varadkar on Brexit talks
• Donohoe admits hike in fuel costs could prompt protests as he denies levy ‘just a cash grab’
• Cuckoo funds’ tax avoidance schemes targeted
• ‘There’s been a feeling of despair in midlands so €30m is good news’
• Donohoe trying to have his cake and eat it by cultivatin­g ‘Big Government’
• €1.2bn Brexit crash-out cash as Downing Street says deal now ‘impossible’
• It’s solid stuff from ‘Prudent Paschal’ as we face into the eye of the storm
• Donohoe’s positivity let down by gloomy inaction over housing – and we can’t blame Brexit for that
• Budget debate frames key battlegrou­nds for the coming election
• Halligan considers quitting Alliance as row with McGrath turns ‘nasty’
• Donohoe will hope a little more for social welfare and a nod to green issues will keep voters onside
• Swine flu vaccine gave me narcolepsy, woman tells court
• Former scout leader jailed for sex assault on neighbour (13)
• Dunne has ‘created the illusion’ he is poor, bankruptcy trustee tells court
• It’s a pivotal moment for humankind, say climate protesters
• Hearing on bid to repossess Wallace’s home in two weeks
• Daniel O’Donnell ‘superfan’ has her prison sentence for role in cocaine factory halved
• PSNI chief stays silent on Adams IRA claims
• Gardaí to target burglars to counter expected glut of break-ins this winter
• When space is short: giving baby a place to play and learn
• Going to College The first deadline for UK applicatio­ns is almost upon us
• Slain police ‘victims of Islamic terrorism’ – Macron
• President’s gaffe just latest in long tradition of US betrayals of Kurds
• Cosmos study and planetary discovery win physics Nobel
• Under-fire Trump rows back on Syria withdrawal On the move:
• US bans its EU ambassador from probe into Ukraine call
• This is such a great-great little country for blagging tickets to a Broadway show
• There’s only one way Ireland, the DUP, and Johnson can all get what they want
• PERILS OF PLACING OUR BETS AS THE HOUSE BURNS DOWN
• Opposition­s can’t dismiss Trump and Brexit voters
• Tough tech: EU regulator sets out plans to take on the global giants
• Aryzta eyes US boost as CEO Toland gets €4.1m pay package
• Hoteliers to block letting of student flats to tourists
• HKEX abruptly ditches £29.6bn LSE chase
• Britain rethinks no-deal tariffs after industry’s warnings
• Dalata adds Wetherspoo­ns director to its board
• US investment firm buys Woodford share of Malin
• Dunnes Stores’ UK unit makes return to profit
• Costs cause profits at Teva’s main Irish arm to almost halve to $154m
• Sister act
• SATELLITE
• Tumilty names squad for crucial Canada ties
• DJ to replace ‘humble’ Dempsey
• Stockdale relishing the chance to go chasing tries against Samoa
• Hickey: Dealing with tag of champions bodes well for Treaty
• Dynamic Jarrett leads Irish to glory
• Premier League to lose spot
• Sherlock opens up on early-season absence
• ‘I feel like I belong now,’ says hard-working Hourihane
• Feely and Figueira give Sligo the Blues
• We must back ourselves: Kenny
• Supermac’s escalate money dispute with Galway board
• BREHENY BEAT: THREE DRAWS ONLY MAGNIFY UNFAIRNESS OF FOOTBALL’S CHAMPIONSH­IP STRUCTURE
• FAI BANKING ON ON-FIELD SUCCESS TO TACKLE DEBT CRISIS
• RUDDOCK CAN LEAD THE CHARGE
• Skoda hoping for another Superb showing as it moves further upmarket
• Most EV owners plan to pay as they go for charging
• Audi’s RS5 is powerful yet understate­d – but I simply want more excitement for €140,000
• Driving for a living: here’s what you need to know and do
• Where size doesn’t matter: Fiat’s new 3cyl engine a match for its key rivals
• M50 madness in the rain is disaster waiting to happen
• Independen­t Advice Desk
• Donohoe’s doomsday Budget the shape of things to come
• Househunte­rs get boost as Help to Buy kept on for two years
• ‘Agri-Armageddon’ fears for farmers as ‘no-help’ is offered
• ‘Vulnerable but viable’ firms to have €110m for no-deal scenario
• Farming casualties if UK leaves the EU without agreement, warns Creed
• Brexit dole fund of €365m would support 33,000 laid-off workers
• Emergency fund for businesses ‘will help us get over shock’
• Patients with highest medicine bills will see gains as prescripti­on charges are cut again
• Thank God for Brexit: a cloak covering the void of vision and Donohoe’s ‘Bertienomi­cs’
• €357m for transport in rural areas and more cycle paths
• No extra €5 as pensioners are left ‘worse off’’
• ‘That €40m will be spent in a flash’
• Tourism given €40m cushion, with more for UK crash-out
• Motorists to feel effect of carbon tax rise first as full impact will not be felt until next year
• Steady as she goes as switch to EVs is nudged along
• Firms face electricit­y tax hike and vehicle grant limit
• Climate’s place in ‘green Budget’ feels more like a cameo than a starring role
• Lone parents and working families aided by €54m hike for childcare
• No rise in child benefit and little comfort to be found in small, indirect measures
• Paschal has done nothing for Generation Rent
• Charities hit out at a ‘missed opportunit­y’ as figures surge past 10,000
• Why the role of scheme cannot be underestim­ated in solving the housing crisis
• Dentists and GPs hold key to promise of free care for children
• Beyond giveaway highlights lurks long waiting lists, rising demand and recruitmen­t issues
• Budget is ‘absolutely pathetic’ for pensioners
• Donohoe on thin ice as he takes tentative steps into the political minefield of who pays for climate change
• Budget 2020
• Few benefit as minister rules out tax cuts across board
• 50c hike in price of cigarettes welcomed
• ‘I don’t feel like getting up early any more after that’
• Failure to ring-fence sugar tax criticised
• ‘Absolutely pathetic and insulting’ for pensioners
• Government risks wrath of grey vote over missing €5 as it keeps promise to reward public service
• Boost for the arts ahead of Galway 2020
• Budget rows back on plans for 800 new recruits as ‘brain drain’ fears rise
• Charging corkage for wine at home could save pubs – and how about taxing a cuppa?
• More teachers and special needs resources in record €11bn for education
• Military spending to top €1bn for only second time as protection is beefed up
• Stamp duty increase ‘could put a temporary dampener on land sales’
• ‘We’ve got your back,’ Leo told farmers – but Budget shows that’s a load of bull
• Donohoe relying on continued corporate tax bonanza to keep up level of spending
• Startups and SMEs gain from bigger R&D credit and investor reliefs
• The Budget is pure theatre – and has failed in its role to support vital entreprene­urs
• Distillers and small brewers toast the minister

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