What the papers say: Friday's front pages

Fri, 23 Jun, 2023 - 08:46

Revelations about RTÉ's undeclared pay to Ryan Tubridy dominate Friday's front pages.

The Irish Times, Irish Examiner and Irish Independent all lead with the 'crisis' facing the national broadcaster over the pay revelations.

The Echo leads with a story on the lack of rental accommodation in Cork city.

The Irish Daily Star, 'Late Late Dough', and The Herald, 'Savings Private for Ryan', also lead with stories on Ryan Tubridy's pay.

Friday’s bumper edition includes Women’s World Cup pullout and Ascot Racing pullout pic.twitter.com/tdFQVAtc18

— Irish Daily Star (@isfearranstar) June 23, 2023

The implosion of the missing submersible claiming the lives of five people dominated Britain’s front pages on Friday, alongside the increase in interest rates which have sparked fears of a recession.

The Daily Express says the Titanic has claimed the lives of five more people after a remotely operated vehicle found debris from the Titan submersible.

Front Page - Titanic claims lives of five more victims#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/uhzXbakzXC pic.twitter.com/vxNCHem82p

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 22, 2023

Metro and the Daily Mirror both report on the implosion of the submersible that went missing on Sunday, killing five people.

Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰

TITAN 5 DIED IN IMPLOSION

🔴 Search vehicle 'discovers vessel parts' near ship

🔴 Dive firm grieving for 'true explorers sadly lost' #tomorrowpapertoday pic.twitter.com/o2RmXLW7c6

— Metro (@MetroUK) June 22, 2023

Friday's front page: Lost to the deephttps://t.co/SPnjH2ljFI pic.twitter.com/L1Hpg9IDoA

— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 22, 2023

The Daily Mail and The Sun show pictures of the five lives lost on the missing submersible.

DAILY MAIL: The Titanic claims five more lives #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/wdn5DfeOE0

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 22, 2023

On tomorrow's front page: Five crew onboard missing Titanic sub are dead after ‘catastrophic implosion’ – amid fears bodies may never be foundhttps://t.co/LaPdYLcgNp pic.twitter.com/SDNJJUkdlQ

— The Sun (@TheSun) June 22, 2023

Meanwhile, The Times features both the submersible implosion and the hike in mortgage rates on its front page.

THE TIMES: Mortgage misery for millions #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/uuaFQBSh69

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 22, 2023

The Guardian highlights the ongoing economic turmoil in Britain, saying due to inflation banks have raised interest rates to a 15-year high.

Guardian front page, Friday 23rd June 2023: Recession fears as inflation forces Bank to raise rates to 15-year high pic.twitter.com/6Hi8sBPnr4

— The Guardian (@guardian) June 22, 2023

The Financial Times reports interest rates have been raised to 5 per cent in an effort to combat inflation.

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, for Friday 23 June pic.twitter.com/RGzfPanblP

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 22, 2023

The i says Rishi Sunak has ruled out tax cuts after the interest rate hike.

Friday's front page: Sunak rules out tax cuts after interest rate hits 5 per cent#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/kdH5lmH2MY

— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 22, 2023

The Daily Telegraph says the US has been accused of turning against the UK over Nato by blocking British defence secretary Ben Wallace’s run for the secretary general role.

The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:

US accused of turning against UK over Nato#TomorrowsPapersToday

Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/lJfXM58qml

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 22, 2023

And the Daily Star says the boss of a water firm has blamed the hot summer and wet winter for leaks in their water pipes.