How to stay up to date with Budget 2027 on RTÉ

Budget Day has arrived and many people will be watching carefully for any financial changes that may alleviate the cost of living crisis.

As the country grapples with high prices on the forecourt and rising supermarket bills, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said at the weekend that the Budget "has to be about trying to ease the pressure on families and households".

Key measures around energy, changes to tax bands, and talk of cuts to childcare costs will be the focus for many people today.

Throughout the morning, we will bring you updates on what may be contained in the Budget as details emerge.

At lunchtime, Minister for Finance Simon Harris and Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will stand up in the Dáil to announce Budget 2027.

Their speeches will be broacast on the RTÉ news app, the RTÉ News Channel, RTÉ One, RTÉ Radio 1, the RTÉ Player and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Following the speeches, we will bring you reaction through the afternoon and into the evening with extensive reporting and analysis in both English and as Gaeilge.

Here's how you can keep up to date with developments across our network of services.

Online and social media coverage

From early morning, RTÉ News will carry in-depth coverage on the RTÉ News app and across the RTÉ News social media channels.

Once proceedings are under way in the Dáil, a live blog on RTÉ.ie/news and on the RTÉ News app will carry the latest updates, with video capturing key moments of the day distributed across all RTÉ News digital platforms.

Later in the day, we will have an online explainer 'Budget 2027 at a glance' to give readers a concise overview of what's in the Budget.

Meanwhile our political staff and specialist correspondents will offer expert analysis on what the Budget means for different sectors.

Our online budget coverage will include multiple household profiles, breaking down how the Budget will impact different families around the country.

Live streams of our television and radio coverage will be available worldwide to users via the RTÉ News app, RTÉ Player and RTÉ Listen.

Television coverage

An RTÉ News special Budget 2027 will begin at 12.40pm on RTÉ One and the RTÉ News Channel. It will be presented by Fran McNulty and Vivienne Traynor who will introduce live coverage of speeches from the Dáil. The programme will include comprehensive reaction and analysis of the Government's plans on housing, health, the cost of living and other budgetary measures.

An extended Six One News programme, presented by Sharon Tobin and Eileen Whelan, will explain what the measures announced in the Budget will mean for viewers. There will be an interview with Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris as well as Opposition parties.

Ray Kennedy will have updated reaction to the financial measures in the Budget on the Nine O'Clock News and will be joined by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

On Prime Time, Miriam O'Callaghan and Sarah McInerney will put the key issues arising from the Budget to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll Macneill and Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Finance Pearse Doherty.

Radio and podcast coverage

RTÉ Radio 1’s coverage of the Budget speeches will broadcast on an extended News at One with Rachael English from 12.45pm until 3.30pm. Rachael English will host immediate reaction and analysis to the financial plan.

At 4pm, a Drivetime budget special, presented by Katie Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin, will analyse the key talking points from the Budget and will include an interview with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Jack Chambers.

From 10pm, Late Debate, presented by Cormac Ó hEadhra, will be live from Buswells Hotel next to the Houses of the Oireachtas with a panel of politicians and experts to interrogate the detail of the Budget.

The Behind the Story podcast, presented by Fran McNulty and Paul Cunningham, will produce a special bonus episode providing additional insight and analysis on the Budget.

The analysis will continue tomorrow morning with RTÉ's Morning Ireland examining the main talking points and reaction from Opposition parties.

Later at 10am, David McCullagh will be joined in studio by ministers Simon Harris and Jack Chambers for the annual budget phone-in special. The programme will be inviting listeners to put their questions about Budget 2027 directly to the ministers.

Buiséad 2027 Nuacht RTÉ/TG4

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will provide coverage as Gaeilge of the Budget on Lá na Cáinaisnéise and Tús Áite. Both programmes will analyse the implications of the decisions announced in the Budget and will get reaction from public representatives.

Lá na Cáinaisnéise, presented by Máirín Ní Ghadhra, will cover the Budget live from Leinster House from 1.30pm. The programme will feature analysis from expert panelists: tax consultant Deirdre Ní Mhaoláin; journalist Áine Ní Chiaráin; Head of Fiontar and Scoil na Gaeilge in DCU Ciarán Mac an Bhaird; and Professor of Sociology in Maynooth University Seán Ó Riain. Máirín Ní Ghadhra will also speak to Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary, along with other politicians, to examine what will emerge in the Budget.

Tús Áite will broadcast live from Leinster House. Presented by Fachtna Ó Drisceoil, the programme will host a debate between Government and Opposition TDs regarding the details and implications of the Budget. There will also be in-depth analysis from their panel: financial expert and businessman Conall Ó Móráin; Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the School of Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, Dublin City University; Kate Ní Dhubhlaíoch, Communications Executive with Conradh na Gaeilge; and Raidió na Gaeltachta Political Correspondent Cuan Ó Seireadáin.

Nuacht RTÉ will provide coverage of the Budget from 5:40pm on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player, outlining the key measures announced by the Government and examining their implications for households, businesses and the wider economy.