Irish EU budget gamble: Now the real negotiating begins

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        October 11, 2026

Irish EU budget gamble: Now the real negotiating begins

Good Morning Dublin Belt — 2026-10-11

So tightly guarded and last-minute was the Irish Government's draft proposal for the next seven-year EU budget that Thomas Byrne, the Minister of State for...
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Irish EU budget gamble: Now the real negotiating begins
• So tightly guarded and last-minute was the Irish Government's draft proposal for the next seven-year EU budget that Thomas Byrne, the Minister of State for European Affairs, had only one of a few printed copies with him on the Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Brussels on Friday night.
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