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Watch: Budget 2018

Watch live coverage of Budget 2018 including Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe's speech in the Dáil.

Budget 2018 • 10 Oct 17

Paschal Donohoe says this Budget should 'bring to an end the journey that our country has gone through'

Watch: A budget to 'balance the books'

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and ministers Paschal Donohoe, Katherine Zappone and Simon Harris comment on their way into this morning's Cabinet meeting.

Budget 2018 • 10 Oct 17

Liam Cosgrave shows his lighter side at 2010 book launch

Former taoiseach joked about politicians telling the truth at launch of John A Costello biography, 'The Reluctant Taoiseach'.

Liam Cosgrave • 09 Oct 17

Liam Cosgrave at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis in 1981

Watch: The life of Liam Cosgrave

Born in Dublin in 1920, Liam Cosgrave served as leader of Fine Gael from 1965 to 1977.

Video • 06 Oct 17

Police bodycam footage shows response to Las Vegas shooting

Las Vegas police release bodycam footage which shows how officers responded to the shooting.

Video • 04 Oct 17

Donald Trump is due to travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday

Trump says Las Vegas shooting was an 'act of pure evil'

US President Donald Trump has described the mass shooting in Las Vegas, in which at least 59 people were killed and 527 injured, as an "act of pure evil".

Video • 02 Oct 17

Flying high at hot air ballooning championships

Balloonists from around the world are taking part in the Irish Hot Air Ballooning Championships in Galway. Teresa Mannion reports

Video • 27 Sep 17

Watch: Life and times of Jimmy Magee

RTÉ's Clare McNamara looks back at the life and times of broadcaster Jimmy Magee.

Video • 20 Sep 17

The plane hit a tree before landing (Pic: Plainville Police Department)

Pilot survives despite crashing plane into tree

A pilot has had a lucky escape in the US, after he avoided serious injury despite crashing into a tree.

World • 12 Sep 17

Walking on water - Leitrim's floating boardwalk

Aimed at boosting visitor numbers, a new floating boardwalk on the Shannon Blueway is the final element in a 14km off road trail

Video • 06 Sep 17

Homecoming for victorious hurlers

There were emotional scenes in Galway as tens of thousands of fans turned out to welcome home the All-Ireland hurling champions.

Video • 05 Sep 17

'Open house' in Buncrana for people hit by flooding

Video • 30 Aug 17

'Traumatised' Barcelona attack victims return to Dublin

The Irish-Filipino family who were caught up in the Barcelona attack spoke to RTÉ News on their return to Dublin.

Video • 24 Aug 17

Rose of Tralee

Meet 24-year-old Jennifer Byrne who begins her reign as the first Rose of Tralee from Co Offaly.

Video • 23 Aug 17

Joe McHugh has been teaching an Irish class in Donegal

Minister who struggled with Irish teaches class

Three years ago, Gaeltacht minister Joe McHugh hit the headlines for his lack of Irish. Now, in a remarkable turnaround, he is teaching Irish in Donegal.

Video • 22 Aug 17

Big Ben clocks off

Britain's Big Ben bell has fallen silent for four years of renovation work, with its final 12 bongs ringing in front of a crowd of over 1,000 people.

Video • 21 Aug 17

Jean hopes to attend Trinity College's Access Programme next month

Homelessness: Experiences of a Dublin city centre squat

Social Affairs Correspondent Joe Little talks to a Dublin woman who lost her home two years ago because of addiction to heroin.

News Highlights • 10 Aug 17

Tom Ammland spoke to reporters outside the courthouse

Corbett trial: Jury foreman says decision did not come easy

The jury foreman in the North Carolina trial of Molly Martens-Corbett and Thomas Martens has said the decision to convict them did not come easily.

Video • 10 Aug 17

Surprise over US article about McGregor's emergence from Dublin

A US magazine profile of Mixed Martial Arts star Conor McGregor has raised ire and eyebrows, in particular in his home suburb of Crumlin. It describes a Dublin of drugs, gangs and grit, that McGregor fought his way out of.

Video • 10 Aug 17

Stefan Balog hopes to represent Ireland with the amputee football team

'My love of football is stronger than any injury'

Stefan Balog is still recovering after losing his leg in an accident in June, but it hasn't stopped him from playing the sport he loves.

Video • 09 Aug 17

'Stairway to Heaven'

Walkers posting photos on social media from the summit of the Cuilcagh Boardwalk trail known as Ireland's 'Stairway to Heaven' has led to a surge in visitors

Video • 28 Jul 17

Cold water coral reefs discovered off west coast

Scientists from the Marine Institute have discovered cold water coral reefs at previously unexplored depths off the west coast.

News Highlights • 26 Jul 17

Rowers say emergency beacon saved their lives after boat capsized

Brian Conville and Joseph Gagnon were 38 days into their world record attempt to become the first duo to row the Atlantic, from west to east, when the accident occurred.

Video • 22 Jul 17

Galway Arts Festival expected to attract over 200,000 people

The event is worth more than €20m to the local economy.

Video • 20 Jul 17

Long queues in Uruguay as legal cannabis goes on sale

Video • 19 Jul 17

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