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Proof: Measures on childcare, energy costs expected in Budget

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T05:22:13Z","headline":"Measures on childcare, energy costs expected in Budget","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rte","url":"https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/1006/1594136-budget-2027/","v":1}

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SHA-256

40e3c3fcb5a8afe4368dfd3370e385261ba5b4f4b5dc0c26b6f24c0eef5e523b

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970137, mined 2026-10-06 05:50 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 05:30 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 05:30 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-40e3c3fcb5a8.json prints 40e3c3fcb5a8afe4368dfd3370e385261ba5b4f4b5dc0c26b6f24c0eef5e523b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-40e3c3fcb5a8.json and headline-40e3c3fcb5a8.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-40e3c3fcb5a8.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.