{"id":63412,"date":"2025-10-06T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/63412\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T12:55:07","slug":"budget-2026-e500-cut-in-student-fees-vat-cut-for-construction-e10-hike-in-pension-but-childcare-cost-cuts-unlikely-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/63412\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2026: \u20ac500 cut in student fees, VAT cut for construction, \u20ac10 hike in pension \u2013 but childcare cost cuts unlikely &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxPSDZWYm92WXJ1VldXcTBGSEM3cEFiRGN5Y3I3UWZMdmJFMldXRS0zLXNTSmEwQVJuWEpUVVEtVDRpU3UzOG9fZWdpbllSNDZ1Z1FjX281d0dPenRpSzh1dG5pZ1NNbmRnUTBGT3kyTmtiSzB6OTZfZzJMeHNlZ0dCUEVZSXF5QUNQWHJNbU9Ed19sYjU1cHVEbXdhS1FUWnhIRmRFVnJ3bWlBRnhIbXFnRlQ3bmxjY21yN3NjNXRIdEpTbHlWSU5tN1AyZHU0N2RaOTFhSjNWUm95aEZhN2tjMlpvdmdGNEJCVDZWVHJwaUUydmlJdkhxSTlORQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Budget 2026: \u20ac500 cut in student fees, VAT cut for construction, \u20ac10 hike in pension \u2013 but childcare cost cuts unlikely<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPUjhBc0xfaGE5RXlIUzFzSUYwR1dlRmdOUFJJV0hkOGtWOGZlVkFjdnU1VC1wLXAxMUhOdHEzSG9CQUpFQUxYZlZGb2xBY3k2b2N1ZVN3ZVN5bUdkTEFsRng4T2tEV05EYzkxWnZiSXV3LVJqX1Fvd0prUDVoRzhYMkpRN3UzLUk0aEpUSm1n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No one-off measures expected as cost of living looms large<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPUUtaOW1Gdmp6N2JmbkVUdzEzajhpdlZSV2JJaXRoX3dhaTFlWmowRld0UWwtbmJLc1kxeUxuZUdXUDE3OHgzVEVsYkdSeGp4Y2xJU3RmbC05ZGVtMGwxNXBjTzhwSE9reksyUWZzbGVhVUpFekZQVGxfdlgxSmZvaXBILV92TWM1SXdpLVhDSjRrd1dHLXlhRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Looking out for landmines in a tight budget<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNdExDVVVWeTAyYS1RSlh1aV96NExDRGVLS2d0TWJQd3BwcTQ4cGJyN2d0b1NrZnVkVzJvcE9SMF9rRDBOUUp6ZTc1cnBJLUtHcWo0MnBKZkg1RVlvVnhtRzlHVGktamFVYkZOUllvY3ZnTWNxS0tSZGtpam5xNVNSNlRxelFUTU5oR1RXaVByWnlmU3BUSjF5b0E2cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Poll: What should be prioritised in Budget 2026?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4AFBVV95cUxPYzJTQWJnVkE1aFhldXJDYmtOZUpZY203YUdFRXJlcFdIeklmRmdwRVd4YjFldl9WYUFzakowVEpFYnVSendpT0RMVWt0VVc2VG9BcGZTOUgwZDBZd19iN1NaZDZRZDM4UklwbFV4Y2JVZkVoVG9jbXJnZnNZYjFIZDFYVVczMHZmVy1DWGoyYlFxMWt2QXV0U09yWnFWVG9nTHdITTM0MmNQbDM5YzJ1TF9Od2RNUEVwdjRkcUNmSzJfZDMxR2QtVndZakllQTl5dnRERU1uSnRiMGc5NlZyNQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pensioners and social welfare recipients in line for double Christmas payments in Budget 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Budget 2026: \u20ac500 cut in student fees, VAT cut for construction, \u20ac10 hike in pension \u2013 but childcare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-63412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}