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Superheroes and animation packed a punch for Walt Disney Co. as “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Inside Out 2” propelled the company’s film studio to one of its best fiscal quarters.

The Burbank media giant reported Thursday that its entertainment business took in $10.8 billion in revenue during its fiscal fourth quarter, an increase of 14% compared with the same period a year earlier.

This dispute was predicted six months ago by Northern Ireland’s budget watchdog, the Fiscal Council.

The Fiscal Council had noted that ministers could choose to exercise pay restraint, but that would be "unpopular and difficult".

In its analysis of Stormont’s budget, it warned that all departments had started the fiscal year facing "an in-built wage-cost pressure" as a result of existing pay deals.