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Government stands by Budget 2013

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton says the cuts in her Department are painful but that the Government is committed to the Budget

Backbencher pressure over Budget and abortion

Brian Dowling reports on the political fallout from Budget 2013, and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's apparent reference to the Savita Halappanavar case

Hillary Clinton to visit Belfast

Tommie Gorman, Northern Editor, reports that the visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comes at a difficult time in the North

Government pledges aid for Irish victims of Sandy

Linda Croston, Aisling Irish Community Center in New York, says people are still struggling after Superstorm Sandy

Clashes in Egypt over Government powers

Jake Lippincott, GRN reporter in Cairo, discusses the call by the Egyptian President for talks to calm tensions over his attempt at Constitutional change

Inner city youth newspaper spreads good news

Laura Whelan reports on a group of young people in the Lourdes Youth and Community Services Centre who have put together a newspaper of good news

Investigation into Dawson Street death

Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent, reports on the death of a man struck by a bus in Dublin city centre yesterday

Search for two men involved in Galway crash

Teresa Mannion, regional reporter, says Gardaí were monitoring the movements of a Volvo car in Mayo before it crashed on the Galway/Mayo border

Turkey auction in the Midlands

Ciaran Mullooly, Midlands Correspondent, reports on an unusual charity auction in Portarlington

Forty years since launch of Apollo 17

Leo Enright, space commentator, recalls the last time an astronaut was sent to the moon

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8am News Bulletin

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