THE HEADLINES
THE IRISH TIMES
PORTION OF PROFITS FROM SALE OF STATE ASSETS TO GO INTO JOB CREATION
EU TREART REVISIONS MAKE IRISH VOTE LESS LIKELY
JUDGE ADJOURNS CASE AFTER HE IS CALLED TO APPEAR BEFORE HIMSELF
THE IRISH INDEPENDENT
FAMILY FURY AS NOONAN SAYS YOUNG EMIGRATE FOR LIFESTYLE
STATE WILL HAVE TO RATIFY EU TREATY FOR BAILOUT
DRUMM ‘USED MY FAMILY TO PROP UP ANGLO’ SAYS QUINN
BROADCAST FEE BASED ON GERMANY
INIS MOR GETS ITS FIRST PARKING FINE
THE IRISH EXAMINER
NOONAN UNDER FIRE OVER EMIGRANT REMARKS
MUM REVEALS TINY AIMEE’S ‘AMAZING’ FIGHT FOR LIFE
THE SUN
COWELL: I GOT IT WRONG
THE STAR
OUR 1LB 5OZ MIRACLE
THE MIRROR
OUR LITTLE MIRACLE
THE IRISH DAILY MAIL
THE SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD
Inside the papers…
Page 6 of the Times reports that a new website allows people to calculate the travel time from their home to the nearest emergency room, school or Garda station. The site was developed by NUI Maynooth and applies to the whole island. Analysis shows that travel times to services in Northern Ireland are generally less than in the south. The average time to a 24-hour emergency hospital in the north is 16 minutes but 21 minutes in the Republic. People living in Dublin are 8 minutes from a hospital while in parts of Kerry, north Mayo and southern Donegal that time is over one hour.
Toys’ the eurovision and the All Ireland final are what interested us most last year according to page 7 of the Times. Topping the list of the most watched TV programmes on RTE in 2011 was the Late Late Toy Show. In second place was the Eurovision song contest where Ireland was represented by Jedward. Third in the ratings was the All Ireland football final between Dublin and Kerry. Coronation Street was the most watched programme on TV3.
We’ve all sat through a boring sermon or two in our time but usually a bit of day dreaming gets you through it. Well not Seamus Doherty according to page 3 of the Indo. The man allegedly interrupted mass in Churchill, Co Donegal and started shouting and standing in the middle of the aisle. He is then alleged to have pulled a bottle of alcohol from his coat before punching the priest, Fr Michael McKeever.
Page 4 of the Indo featuring a personal story of emigration that would appear to show how out of touch Michael Noonan was yesterday. Pauline Fay from Co Meath has seen a son and a daughter emigrate to Australia in the past 16 months. Shesaid Mr Noonan simply did not understand the dire straits of rural communities.
The back page of the Indo reports on an employee who responded to criticism from his boss in a novel way. Jonathan Oliver in the UK narrowly escaped a jail sentence after filling up his manager’s water bottle with toilet water. Oliver works as a designer of grave stones.
When will the property market hit the bottom? That has been the question on the lips of every buyer and seller in the last four years. Page 2 of the Examiner has bad news for those who invested in apartments or holiday homes. Experts have warned that prices are set to fall a further 20% – 30%. On the positive side, mature houses in urban areas may have bottomed out according to the head of Savills in Ireland.
If one was asked to list where the top hotels in the world could be found, they would be forgiven for suggesting Paris, Rome, London or New York. Maybe even somewhere in the Caribbean or the south pacific. Well according to Trip Advisor, the sixth best hotel in the world can be found in Dingle. Page 2 of the Examiner reports that Castelwood House was classed as the best hotel in Ireland, the second best in Europe and the sixth best in the world.
Page 5 of the Examiner features some sound advice for parents. They give answers for five questions asked by kids that regularly stump adults. They are why is the sky blue? Why is the moon sometimes out in the day? Will we discover aliens? How much does the earth weigh? How do planes stay in the air?
We’re a nation of cheaters according to page 9 of the Star. Four out of 10 Irish people have admitted to cheating on partners in a study for an RTE show. People in Munster are the worst for being unfaithful. 41% of people admitted to checking the emails or texts of a partner. 37% of women said they would not be faithful compared to 42% of men.
Newt has been a naughty boy according to page 2 of Sun. His second wife has revealed that he wanted to have an open marriage and claims that he bedded one of his aides in their marital bed in Washington.
We have heard about drink-driving but what about drink-flying? Well, page 2 of the Mirror reports that an Aer Arann pilot was arrested last night for being over the alcohol limit-just as he was about to fly his plane. Passengers already on board the flight from Bristol to Cork were told there was ‘a technical problem’ as a replacement pilot was found.
A ballerina dancer is believed to be the key witness to what happened on the Costa Concordia last week. Page 8 of the Mail reports that police believe the ship’s captain Franceso Schettino was distracted from his duties by trying to impress the Moldovan dancer Dominica Cemortan and police believe her information will provide key evidence as to Schenitto’s actions on the night.
A Council meeting in Kent ended early this week because the councillors had to flee from drunken teenage girls. Page 4 of The Telegraph reports that elderly councillors locked themselves in a major’s chamber after the teenage girls invaded the meeting and started shouting abuse at the councillors.
A Policeman in Manchester was sacked after having sex with five women while on duty. According to Page 14 of the Daily Telegraph PC Troy Van-Elda even had sex with one woman in the boiler room of his police station- just a day after stopping her for not wearing a seat-belt.
It’s official- there is no better cook than your mother. According to page 5 of The Daily Telegraph psychologists in America have found that mother’s cooking is better simply because it is made with love and care.
