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What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

Wednesday's front pages focus on a range of stories from areas in Ireland most "under pressure" accommodating asylum seekers to get extra supports to uproar about Páirc Úi Chaoimh possibly changing its name. 
What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

By PA

Wednesday's front pages focus on a range of stories from areas in Ireland most "under pressure" accommodating asylum seekers to get extra supports to uproar about Páirc Úi Chaoimh possibly changing its name.

The Irish Times report the 10 areas most “under pressure” due to the numbers of refugees and asylum seekers being accommodated are to receive extra resources in health, education and policing, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

The Irish Examiner and The Echo both report that a proposal to rename Páirc Uí Chaoimh has been paused for further talks after a public backlash over plans to rebrand it as SuperValu Páirc.

In the UK, the resignation of two Tory deputy chairmen in protest over the Government’s flagship asylum policy dominates Wednesday’s papers.

The Guardian, the i and Daily Telegraph lead with senior red-wall MPs Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith resigning from their party positions to vote in favour of changes to the Safety of Rwanda Bill tabled by Tory veteran Sir Bill Cash and former immigration minister Robert Jenrick.

The Daily Express and the Financial Times run with the same story, adding some 60 Conservatives also support the proposed changes to the legislation.

Metro and the Daily Mirror focus on the Horizon scandal, with European director of Fujitsu Paul Patterson apologising for the Post Office debacle.

The front page of The Sun asks why a two-year-old boy was left to starve to death next to his dad’s body after social services missed chances to save him.

Lastly, the Daily Star says the UK’s Space Minister mixed up Mars with the sun in an interview.

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