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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know at the start of the day.
1. # BUDGET: Today the largest Budget in the history of the State will be announced. The government is working on the assumption that there will be a no-deal Brexit and that a vaccine for Covid-19 will not be available next year.
2. # COVID-19: Medical Director Dr. Tony Holohan said that protective measures in nursing homes will not be enough to keep Covid-19 off the premises if transmission in the community continues to increase.
3. #TRUMP: Unable to be on the campaign trail for 10 days due to Covid-19, US President Donald Trump took center stage again in Florida last night, promising he is in “great shape” with 21 days to go. faces Joe Biden in the election.
4. #GOLFGATE: Chief Justice Frank Clarke is meeting today with Justice Séamus Woulfe, after a meeting scheduled for last week was postponed twice, to discuss the consequences of Woulfe’s attendance at the controversial ‘Golfgate’ dinner at Clifden in August.
5. #MR LIGHT OF THE MOON: Patrick Quirke’s appeal against his conviction for the murder of Bobby ‘Mr Moonlight’ Ryan will begin today in the Court of Appeal.
6. # N3: Gardaí is investigating “all circumstances” following the discovery of the man’s body in “inexplicable circumstances” on the N3 road in Dublin.
7. #BELFAST: Three women were stabbed in separate incidents while walking in Belfast last night. Police are searching for a male suspect in connection with the stabbings.
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8. #UK: The British government has been accused of ignoring its own scientists after documents showed that three weeks ago expert advisers recommended an “automatic switch” lockout for England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday announced his three-tier system of alert levels for England, saying that a package of interventions was needed to reverse the “exponential” increase in cases.
9. # BUDGET: Before today’s budget, we have compiled a guide to the finances of the state and how Covid-19 has affected them to date.
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