THE IRISH TIMES
- TESCO ADMITS RAISING PRICES OF 250 PRODUCTS
- KENNY VOWS TO SEVER LINKS BETWEEN BUSINESS AND POLITICS
- IRISH LIFE & PERMANENT SHARES TUMBLE AS STATE OWNERSHIP NEARS
IRISH INDEPENDENT –
- CAB POISED TO PROBE LOWRY’S CASH DEAL
- Radiation from Japan nuclear plant found in air samples here
IRISH EXAMINER
- BOI FACES STATE CONTROL AFTER STRESS TEST RESULTS
- Lowry left isolated as he attacks witch hunt
IRISH DAILY MAIL
Shamless Friendless Endless! Lowry’s 60min Dail rant cut off- he had another 10 pages of denial still to spout
IRISH DAILY STAR
RAPIST KILLED AND CHOPPED UP
IRISH DAILY MIRROR
MISSING RAPISTS ARM FOUND ON BEACH
IRISH SUN
RAPISTS ARM FOUND ON BEACH
THE LONDON TIMES
TERMINAL DECLINE – THE VERDICT ON HEATHROW
THE LONDON INDEPDENDENT
THE REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN ON VOTING REFORM HAS BEGUN – DOES IT MATTER?
THE GUARDIAN
COALITION TO ARM REBELLION IF GADDAFI CLINGS ONTO POWER
Inside the papers:
Page 30 of the Independent reports that more than half of women pay for themselves on a first date, even though men still want to pay, according to a survey. A poll of almost 2000 adults for online bank ‘first direct’ found that 58% of women expect to split the bill.
Also in the Independent, a Texas prosecutor says Willie Nelson can resolve marijuana possession charges by agreeing to plead guilty, pay a fine- & sing “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” for the court. Attorney Kit Bramblett says he recommended the penalties to the Judge, who specifically demanded Nelson appear in court instead of pleading by mail, as she reportedly wants to meet Willie. Nelson was arrested on November 26th for marijuana possession at a border patrol checkpoint.
Page 9 of the Sun reveals that the wife of Ireland’s richest postman has told how he’s already pledged his monster weekend Lotto winnings- to save a local playschool. Yesterday big hearted Pat Broderick who won €7million is apparently due to help out the local community playschool in Kinsale which was due to close in September. Postman Pat reported for duty yesterday delivering the mail for An Post.
Miriam O’Callaghan has garnered 53% of votes in a poll carried out to find out Ireland’s yummiest mummy. The broadcaster is thought to have the best balance between her working life, being a mammy & looking good. Former Clinic actress Victoria Smurfit came second with 17%, Lorraine Keane 16%, Yvonne Keating 13%. Miriam said that she doesn’t take it seriously but that “I suppose it’s better to be the yummiest than the yuckiest.”
Adolf Hitler gets a mention in the Sun today. A €150,000 end terrace divided into flats in Swansea, Wales has become an online hit due to its physical resemblance to the third reich dictator. The house has a slim brown door and a dark tiled slanting roof which look like Hitler’s distinctive moustache & plasterd down haircut. Local youthworker Chalri Dickenson who posted photos on twitter said: “Its very funny, everyone who sees it says it looks like Hitler.” So far the building has not attracted tourists.
The Star reveals that George Clooney is not only intervening in Sudan but also in the trial of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. The Holywood star has been named as a witness by Berlusconi’s lawyers at the PMs trial for underage prostitution. Clooney was listed because ‘Ruby’ the Moroccan teen at the centre of scandal allegedly said that she say Clooney at one of Berlusconi’s parties.
Page 11 of the Star reports a mysterious man’s romantic poster appeal to track down a girl he was with at the weekend has become an instant online sensation. The guy called Johnny stuck up a poster trying to find a girl named Maria- and it became an instant hit on Twiter when a passerby spotted it and posted it on the social networking site. It read “No idea why I let you leave like that! Sorry I didn’t see you home safely & also sorry I did not get your phone number…Stupid, stupid Johnny…I had great fun with you on Saturday, I would like to see you again”
The Examiner has great news for a Belfast man named Jonny Campbell. The University student has won a competition to become Charlie Sheens’s social network intern. He beat 82000 people to get the coveted role in advising the eccentric Hollywood actor.
Page 15 of the Sun reports that Ryan Tubridy concedes that ‘a lot of people think I’m bad at this job”. Speaking about Ronan Keating in the newspapers yesterday Tubridy said “It’s a storm in a teacup and I think there are mich more important things to be discussing but maybe I’m wrong”.
