Live updates: Budget 2026 set to bring welfare rises, tax changes and cut in student fees

Budget 2026 is expected to contain an overall package of €9.4bn

Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe (right) and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will present Budget 2026 this afternoon. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

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