Final budget negotiations are continuing this afternoon as a number of Departments make their last bids for funding.
Ministers have described the process as difficult this year and say there will be cuts in multiple Departments.
Among the final issues for negotiation are the allowances for the Department of Housing.
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Eoghan Murphy spoke to our political correspondent, Sean Defoe, today, while our reporter Aaron Kelly gauged the public mood on the streets of Longford town:
